Professor, UCLA at fault for staff member Sheri Sangji's death in 2008 lab fire, Cal/OSHA reports

A Cal/OSHA criminal investigation found Sheri Sangji, a UCLA staff research assistant who was fatally burned in a 2008 lab fire, was not properly trained in the chemicals that led to her death, “the Los Angeles Times reported today.

Coach Ben Howland seeks better defensive effort from UCLA men's basketball against Oregon

EUGENE, Ore. “”mdash; UCLA coach Ben Howland wasn’t pleased with his team’s defensive effort in Thursday’s 87-84 loss to Oregon State, big surprise.

“Our defense was really poor,” the defensive disciplinarian said Friday on a teleconference with reporters.

ASUCLA reduces USAC's request for one-time funds, sends motion to Board of Directors

The undergraduate student government hurdled over another obstacle in its attempts to keep student programming afloat for the remainder of the year when the Associated Students UCLA Finance Service Committee moved forward a request for $75,000 in one-time funds to its board of directors today.

USAC had originally requested $100,000 from ASUCLA, but the committee reduced the amount by 25 percent.