A Bruin Cafe student employee is demanding that UCLA pay students and full-time workers in UCLA dining services equal wages. Dana Carrera, a rising third-year sociology student, started a petition last Friday that calls for UCLA Dining Services to pay its student workers $16.32 an hour, which is the starting wage for full-time employees. Student […]
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ASUCLA Board of Directors recap – July 29
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. Board of Directors meetings are monthly and open to the public. Executive reports Executive Director Bob Williams said Chancellor Gene […]
Tender Greens opens in Westwood after two year wait
Tender Greens, a California chain of restaurants that staffs fine-dining chefs and serves locally sourced food, opened Monday, nearly two years after originally scheduled. The restaurant was scheduled to open in November 2014 in one of Westwood’s oldest buildings on Kinross and Glendon avenues. Officials delayed the restaurant’s opening to change its initial renovation plans, […]
New Bruin Send-off program reaches diverse, international student groups
Alumni host meetups in California and around the world every summer to prepare incoming students for their first year at UCLA. These events, called New Bruin Send-offs, give incoming students the opportunity to meet other Bruins in their area, said Amber Buggs, assistant director of the Bruin Recruitment program in UCLA Alumni Association. Any graduate […]
Police investigate Navy SEAL for death of UCLA employee
A UCLA employee died in Santa Monica June 12 after an unknown man attacked him the day before. Kris Anderson, a 57-year-old UCLA Extension employee, who worked at the school for about 35 years, sustained several blows and a stab wound to his face June 11, according to the coroner’s report. Police arrested Theo Krah, […]
New KazuNori location brings hand-rolled sushi to Westwood Village
Sushi chefs swiftly rolled rice, fish and seaweed in front of dozens of new customers who visited a restaurant when it opened Tuesday. KazuNori, located in a recently restored building on Gayley and Kinross avenues, is a sushi bar where chefs prepare sushi by hand instead of using a mat, said Clement Mok, one of […]
UCLA community holds vigil to commemorate victims of Orlando tragedy
On a banner decorated with a heart logo, UCLA community members wrote colorful messages that read “#QueerLoveIsRevolutionary,” “No. More. Vigils.” and “Let us build a world where we can love in peace,” among other notes. The banner stood next to the McClure Stage in Bruin Plaza during a vigil organized by the Lesbian Gay Bisexual […]