Beginning this fall, UCLA Counseling and Psychological Services, or CAPS, will only offer six free visits per academic year, compared to last year’s 10. Dr. Nicole Green, interim executive director, said CAPS decided to reduce the number of sessions because national statistics show the majority of students only seek four or five sessions per year. […]
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ServeFest event to encourage student interest in volunteering
Students can attend a community service fair on the Hill Saturday evening intended to introduce them to different ways they can get involved in volunteerism at UCLA. ServeFest, an event hosted by the UCLA Volunteer Center, the Community SerEvice Commission and Residential Life, will take place from 6:30 to 9 p.m. in Sunset Village, following […]
Financial Aid and Scholarships office to centralize application system
The Financial Aid and Scholarships office will centralize all undergraduate scholarships for the 2015-2016 academic year.
USAC Community Service Commission to award student scholarships
The Undergraduate Students Association Council’s Community Service Commission is awarding 10 $1,000 scholarships to students who have displayed outstanding leadership in community service work throughout their undergraduate careers. Funding for the scholarship, called the John H. Sarvey & Robert S. Michaels Leadership in Service Award, has been consistently decreasing since the scholarship’s inaugural year in […]
Q&A: New Title IX officer Kathleen Salvaty talks future goals for office
Kathleen Salvaty, a civil rights attorney who has worked to increase funding for public schools, was announced as UCLA’s next Title IX officer last week.
United Khmer Students’ Culture Night weaves together folk tales, dances
The United Khmer Students at UCLA, family and friends came together Sunday night to showcase Cambodian culture with student performances, weaving together traditional folk tales and dances at the 18th annual Culture Night. The event in Schoenberg Hall was a performance of an original 50-page play called “Thoun Chey and the Golden Fish,” which joins […]
Right swipe on Tinder proves lucky for Bruin
Among the explicit and cheesy pickup lines Shannon Leung saw on the mobile dating app Tinder, one stood out. She said she felt she had to respond. Leung, a fourth-year biology student who downloaded Tinder initially as a joke after pressure from her friends, met her boyfriend on the app via the pickup line “Zero […]