El Niño rains cause minor leaks, damages on campus

Last week, El Niño brought heavy rainfall to Westwood, causing minor leaks but no significant damages to the UCLA campus. UCLA Facilities Management and UCLA Housing officials conducted preventative maintenance on roof drains and storm sewers to avoid significant flooding on campus, said UCLA spokesperson Rebecca Kendall. Workers also placed sandbags in areas to slow […]

USAC recap – Nov. 17

The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every week on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417 and are open to all students. Watch a live stream of the meetings on the USAC Live! YouTube channel. Agenda items The council approved […]

Alumni develop emergency notification app as alternative to BruinAlert

Two UCLA alumni created a mobile application last year that aims to improve the efficiency of emergency notifications in communities and address response time, relevancy and other technological limitations of other similar programs. Jon Dearing, a UCLA Anderson School of Management alumnus, and Wade Norris, a School of Engineering and Applied Science alumnus, said officials […]

UCLA class sizes, housing demands to rise in response to state mandate

UCLA class sizes and housing demand will increase next year when the university accepts 500 additional in-state students, as mandated by the May deal struck between Gov. Jerry Brown and the University of California Board of Regents. The budget deal will allocate an extra $25 million to the UC if the University accepts an additional […]

USAC Student Wellness Commission to host panel on anxiety disorders

The undergraduate student government Student Wellness Commission will host at panel on anxiety disorders Thursday evening in Royce Hall. The panel of four students will discuss their experiences with generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder. After the students share their stories, audience members can ask questions during a short […]

USAC candidates debate issues, qualifications amid slate politics

Undergraduate student government candidates debated Sunday about the merits of their previous experience and their relationships with University and student group leaders. The debates, organized by the Undergraduate Students Association Council Election Board, took place on the Hill in front of a crowd generally split between the two dominant slates Bruins United and LET’S ACT!. […]