Students can pledge to love their bodies and learn more about healthy eating and exercise habits at an event on the Hill Wednesday as part of International No Diet Day. Two committees in the Undergraduate Students Association Council Student Wellness Commission – Student Health Advocates and the Body Image Task Force – are hosting the […]
Author Archives: Julia Raven
Bruin Plate to remove all meat from dinner menu for ‘Green Mondays’
Bruin Plate plans to remove all meat options from its Monday dinners starting May 4 as part of a pilot program for a new green campaign. The campaign, called “Green Mondays,” formed when the student group Bruins for Animals approached UCLA Dining Services winter quarter with a plan to serve more sustainable meals for Hill […]
UCLA Housing introduces streamlined maintenance request system
UCLA Housing went live with a new maintenance request system Monday that officials hope will help students order fixes to the dorm rooms and UCLA-owned apartments more easily. The upgrade is meant to to streamline student requests and prevent potential outside users from making false reports, said Alex Pena, the Maximo systems manager for UCLA. […]
Assemblyman proposes new science- and technology-oriented UC campus
A state assemblyman introduced a bill Monday to create a University of California campus that would cater to science and technology, akin to the California Institute of Technology. Assemblyman Mike Gatto, a Democrat from Glendale, proposed Assembly Bill 1483 because he thinks the current UC campuses are overcrowded and cannot provide enough degrees in the […]
Cook seeks to use UCLA experience as ingredient for future success
The smell of tacos, Indian food and homemade ravioli wafts around the family’s small apartment from the cramped kitchen as Javier Bautista experiments with new recipes. When Bautista was 22 years old and working in food preparation at a French restaurant, he couldn’t picture himself as a chef. Now, after almost 23 years working for […]
Rendezvous employee works overtime to pay for daughter’s education
Ninfa Rios spends 55 hours a week at work, getting home close to 2 a.m. some nights, with the hope that her daughter can live out her dream of becoming a doctor. Rios said she began serving food in UCLA Dining Services five years ago when she realized she had to make more money to […]
New air-handling system expects to cut energy costs, carbon emissions
Student union officials plan to install a new energy-efficient air handling system in Ackerman Union and Kerckhoff Hall in the next few months, which is expected to save $22,500 annually in electrical costs. The Associated Students UCLA board of directors voted unanimously last week to allocate $90,000 to replace the buildings’ current heating and cooling […]