The old joke is that as soon as you leave for college, your parents will turn your room into a home office, home gym or even a home office and gym. And as many new students discovered upon returning home for winter break, this really happens. When I went home for Thanksgiving break during my […]
Author Archives: John Peter Cavender
Students split on effectiveness of BruinAlert warning system
UCLA’s emergency message system, BruinAlert, provides the campus community with notifications whenever anything poses a continuing danger to students, faculty or visitors. However, students have said they wonder why some alerts were not issued during emergencies last year and how BruinAlerts come about. Once UCLA’s Office of Emergency Management verifies an emergency that poses a […]
Westwood BID recap – May 21
The Westwood Village Improvement Association, also known as the BID, is a nonprofit organization tasked with improving the state of Westwood Village. The BID was created by property and business owners in August 2011 to provide Westwood Village with services the City of Los Angeles could not provide. Its board of directors meets monthly. Board […]
Q&A: USAC general representative candidate talks The After Party platforms
Jason Ergina, a candidate running for this year’s general representative office in the Undergraduate Students Association Council election, talked with John Peter Cavender, a Daily Bruin contributor, on Monday about his campaign platforms and why he decided to run for USAC. The first-year economics student and sole candidate in the new The After Party slate, […]
UC extends fellowship program backing student research on food issues
The University of California will extend a program supporting UC student research and service on food issues for the next two years, the University announced Monday. The Global Food Initiative Student Fellowship Program, which was announced in July, funds three projects per campus, with each fellowship worth $4,000, an increase of $1,500 from this year. […]
Diversity vice chancellor candidates to visit UCLA for interview, forum
Four candidates for a new UCLA diversity vice chancellor position will visit campus in the next month for interviews with university leaders and open forums that all students, faculty and staff can attend. The search committee for the vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion recommended the finalists for the position to Chancellor Gene Block […]
Rivalry game victories bring spike in merchandise sales to UCLA Store
The UCLA Store had a stake in this year’s rivalry football game against USC: The win brought in more profit. Prior to the rivalry game, special victory merchandise was designed for production in the event of a UCLA win. After this year’s win, Associated Students UCLA ordered 1,200 victory T-shirts. Patrick Healey, ASUCLA director of […]