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UCLA lecturer’s work on prison program allows inmates exposure to arts

They told him they didn’t want a bureaucrat, so Tom Skelly took the job at Chino prison. At the state institution, sprawled across 2,500 acres of land in San Bernardino County, Skelly’s job as the prison’s new arts facilitator started simply. It was 1980 and the 28-year-old had never been in a jail or in […]

Students, faculty continue to push for diversity requirement

A new diversity requirement proposal has been in the works over the past year at UCLA. Though three other proposals have failed to go into effect at the university since 1987, students and faculty have organized again to push for the initiative by holding town halls, forming committees and drafting language on the new requirement. […]

UCLA alumnus pledges $900,000 to center for Israel studies

A UCLA alumnus and Los Angeles attorney has pledged to donate $900,000 to UCLA’s Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies in coming years, UCLA announced in a statement Thursday. Harry C. Sigman, who has taught law at UCLA and other universities around the world, donated the money to be invested in three endowment […]

USAC recap – Sept. 16

The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government of UCLA’s undergraduate students. Council meetings take place every week on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417 and are open to all students. Watch a live stream of the meeting on the USAC Live! YouTube channel. Agenda The council approved contingency programming allocations with […]

USAC recap – Sept. 9

The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government of UCLA’s undergraduate students. During summer, council meetings take place Tuesdays at 8 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417 and are open to all students. Watch a live stream of the meeting on the USAC Live! YouTube channel. Agenda The council unanimously approved contingency programming allocations. Cheryl […]

USAC councilmember’s tweet on airport profiling prompts backlash

This post was updated on July 18 at 11:29 a.m. A controversial tweet posted by undergraduate student government councilmember Avinoam Baral on Wednesday night has sparked some backlash on social media from dozens of UCLA students, including student government officials. Baral, the Undergraduate Students Association Council internal vice president, posted a tweet about racial profiling […]