UCLA will get back nine valuable acres of playing field after two long years of waiting due to parking structure construction. Students will be able to play on the intramural field next to Drake stadium starting Aug. 4, said Mick Deluca, director of cultural and recreational affairs. “We may have some programming before the end […]
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Hiring freeze increases workload for employees
The campus-wide hiring freeze implemented two years ago by Chancellor Albert Carnesale has since had a considerable impact on the working environment for many employees at UCLA. Change has become more apparent as the hiring freeze has caused departments to keep vacant job positions available longer. “It appears to us that departments are keeping positions […]
University required to hire legitimate subcontracting companies
Although concerns sometimes arise over fair treatment of subcontracted manual workers at institutions of higher education, UCLA is safeguarded from dealing with subcontractors with questionable working practices. The university takes measures to make sure that the subcontracting companies it deals with are legitimate and operate legally. Companies seeking contracts are required to provide information on […]
Kaplan offers new way to prepare for MCAT
Pre-med students taking the Medical College Admission Test this August will have a new weapon in their test-taking arsenal, said Justin Serrano, executive director of Kaplan Test Prep in a statement last week. Kaplan Test Prep ““ which offers test preparation resources from a high school to a graduate level ““ has launched the MCAT […]
Campus activists shift focus to conflict-induced fee hikes
After two months of war-related protest on campus, student activists are redirecting their efforts toward a more local issue. Instead, student activism is focusing on different facets of military action, including its effects on education and the rest of the world. Because of increased defense spending for the war, student fees have increased, said Jenny […]
Professor’s research takes holistic look at Holocaust
While many people set today aside to remember the victims of the Holocaust, researchers from UCLA, the community and the University of California system are piecing together the genocide and researching how the human tragedy still affects people today. Professor Saul Friedlander ““ a noted Holocaust historian and survivor ““ is currently working on “Nazi […]
Firms “˜come clean’ about involvement in Holocaust
The car that you drive or the computer that you use could have been made by companies deeply involved in the Holocaust. At least, that is what some Holocaust historians are seeking to prove. In a lecture titled “Corporate Complicity in the Holocaust: Degussa from Aryanization to Auschwitz,” history professor Peter Hayes from Northwestern University […]