UCLA applied linguistics prepares for disestablishment

Faculty and students in the applied linguistics field are making final adjustments to prepare for the end of their department, after decades of seeing the number of full-time faculty members diminish. This quarter, the UCLA Academic Senate, the faculty body governing curriculum changes, plans to vote on a proposal to discontinue or transfer the department’s […]

UCLA graduate government considers rejoining UCSA

UCLA’s graduate student government is considering rejoining a University of California-wide student advocacy organization in light of the coaliton’s recent push to address graduate student concerns. The Graduate Students Association left the University of California Student Association, a systemwide coalition that advocates for UC students, about six years ago because the GSA members at the […]

Faculty continues push for diversity-related GE requirement

Some faculty members are trying to decide how to shape a proposal for a new diversity-related general education requirement, though none have publicly started writing a formal proposition. Last week, Chancellor Gene Block sent an email statement to the campus community calling for faculty to establish a diversity-related GE requirement by the end of 2014. […]

USAC sets elections calendar for spring

Students interested in running for office in the upcoming undergraduate student government elections can pick up candidate application packets starting Monday. The Undergraduate Students Association Council elections will be held during the sixth week of spring quarter, at the beginning of May. To run as a candidate for one of the 13 councilmember positions, undergraduate […]

Chancellor calls for diversity-related GE by end of 2014

UCLA Chancellor Gene Block called on faculty to establish a diversity-related general education requirement by the end of 2014, on Monday in an email to the campus community. For more than 25 years, some students and faculty members have pushed for the creation of an undergraduate academic requirement that would educate students about different cultures in […]

Former inmate enjoys the ‘good life’ by giving back to community

Smoothing his collar, he glanced over his shoulder at the tall wire fence surrounding the parking lot. Howard Chung walked up the concrete steps to the Los Angeles County Probation Department’s offices and marched inside when the glass doors buzzed open for him. There was no wait, unlike when he had gone to report to […]

CVS to stop sales of tobacco products

CVS Caremark announced Wednesday it would stop the sale of all tobacco products at its branch stores, including its Westwood location. The second-largest national pharmacy chain will no longer shelve cigarettes and other tobacco products at its more than 7,600 U.S. stores by Oct. 1. CVS will also launch a program with online and in-store […]