A TED Talks-inspired event is accepting applications from UCLA students who showcase a unique talent or interest, or who want to share their experiences from the most lighthearted to the most serious stories. Students Presenting Innovating Entertaining Learning, or SPIEL, is a campuswide UCLA student-only speaker event. The Regents Scholar Society at UCLA created SPIEL, […]
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USAC recap – Jan. 20
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every week on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff Hall 417 and are open to all students. Watch a live stream of the meeting on the USAC Live! Youtube Channel. Agenda The council unanimously […]
Turkish Cultural Club appeals against ASA resolution to divest from Turkey
This article has been updated at 8:36 p.m. on Jan. 14.
The Turkish Cultural Club appealed to the undergraduate student government Tuesday to vote against a resolution drafted by the Armenian Students’ Association calling for the University of California to divest from the Republic of Turkey.
UCLA Local Hack Day offers programming experience for students
Bent over the glow of her laptop screen, Alyza Malunao worked to create a personal stylist app for iOS before the clock wound down on the 12-hour hacking event hosted at UCLA. Malunao, a third-year computer science student at UC Riverside, was among more than 100 students from Southern California who participated in UCLA’s Local […]
World AIDS Day events at UCLA includes HIV testing, candlelight vigil
The Pediatric AIDS Coalition at UCLA and the Undergraduate Students Association Council Student Wellness Commission will host a solidarity walk, free HIV testing and a candlelight vigil on campus Monday to recognize World AIDS Day. World AIDS Day, which takes place annually on Dec. 1, is acknowledged internationally to commemorate the lives of individuals who […]
Queer Academy participants support one another through ‘peertorships’
After struggling to adjust to her new college life last fall, Elizabeth Manzanero found a place to call home. She said her friends at the Queer Academy, a student group under the Queer Alliance organization, provided her with advice and guidance to get the help she needed. “It was very comforting having someone there to […]
USAC recap – Nov. 4
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every week on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417 and are open to all students. Watch a live stream of the meeting on the USAC Live! YouTube channel. Agenda USAC unanimously approved contingency […]