GSA Recap – Oct. 16

The UCLA Graduate Students Association is the voice of graduate students on campus. The association meets for forum every three weeks and takes positions on current issues affecting graduate students. Forum meetings are at 5:30 p.m. in the Ackerman Viewpoint Lounge. Officer Reports GSA President Nicole Robinson was not able to attend the meeting. Cody […]

UCLA enters into campus-wide contract with Coca-Cola

UCLA will receive $15.4 million from a campus-wide contract with Coca-Cola Co., the university announced Wednesday. Currently, various parts of campus serve PepsiCo Inc. and Coca-Cola products. The 10-year agreement will consolidate UCLA’s beverage contracts and sponsorships and result in increased revenue for the university, according to the statement. Coca-Cola will now serve its beverages […]

Case against UC Board of Regents to be dismissed

The California Court of Appeal ruled Tuesday that the University of California Board of Regents is not liable for damages after losing an external hard drive with medical patients’ information, since there is no evidence that the missing data was accessed or misused. In November 2011, the UCLA Health System notified some of its patients […]

Submission: Napolitano’s appointment should be rescinded

By Juan Gomez-Quiñones and Reynal Guillen The naming of Janet Napolitano as University of California president must be rescinded. We object to the result and its very process. We object more to the possible consequences for what may follow for the University as an institution and for the University community. We have asked ourselves and […]

Submission: Loss of government funding hurts scientific research, economy

By David Eisenberg Classes and instruction go on as usual at UCLA, but those of us dedicated also to scientific research are increasingly squeezed by the United States budget sequestration and the federal government shutdown. The dollars that pay for most of the work in our labs come from the federal government. True, the University […]