Retired United States Associate Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens will speak at the UCLA School of Law commencement ceremony in May. Associate Justice Stevens was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1975 by President Gerald Ford and served until his retirement in 2010. He was the third-longest serving justice in history.“It’s just a […]
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Fruit cart given green light for trial run by ASUCLA board
The Associated Students UCLA board of directors granted permission to a student-run fruit cart business to operate on campus for a trial period at its meeting last month. The cart will sell fresh watermelon, pineapple, mango, coconut, cantaloupe, and honeydew melon, said the founder, Omeed Paydar, a biomedical engineering doctoral student. He added that buyers […]
ASUCLA Board of Directors meeting recap: March 14
Associated Students UCLA is a multi-million dollar organization that provides student services and activities that the university does not fund. It oversees the Undergraduate Students Association Council, Graduate Students Association, Communications Board and campus services and enterprises.PROPOSALS The board passed a proposal that would allow a graduate student’s fruit cart business, Miiveh, to begin operating […]
ASUCLA offers UCLA Student Media $200,000 credit line
The original version of this article contained information that was unclear and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. The Associated Students UCLA board of directors passed a revised financial agreement at its meeting Friday that would provide UCLA Student Media with a $200,000 line of credit. The agreement, which underwent […]
ASUCLA Board of Directors meeting recap: Feb. 28
Associated Students UCLA is a multimillion-dollar organization that provides student services and activities that the university does not fund. It oversees the Undergraduate Students Association Council, Graduate Students Association, Communications Board, campus services and enterprises. PROPOSALS The board passed an amended version of a financial agreement with Student Media. The agreement will grant Student Media a $200,000 line of credit. […]
ASUCLA wants new financial agreement with Student Media
The original version of this article contained information that was unclear and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. Associated Students UCLA officials recently drafted a proposal to enter into a new temporary financial agreement with UCLA Student Media, an offer which has garnered mixed reactions. UCLA Student Media consists […]
Graduate student balances jobs as engineer, professional magician
Raahul Srinivasan spreads a previously disordered deck of cards face up across a table to reveal all black cards on one side and all red cards on the other. The cards separate like oil and water, he tells his audience. Since his days in middle school, it was rare to catch Srinivasan without a deck […]