Author Archives: Lauren Raab

Coalition wants UCLA to go organic

Many of the fruits and vegetables served in UCLA dining halls and restaurants have been treated with pesticides and transported from around the world. The California Student Sustainability Coalition hopes to change that. Aiming to urge all UC campuses to incorporate organic, locally-grown produce into their eating facilities, members are holding an official launch for […]

UC begins review of faculty diversity

A task force to review faculty diversity at the University of California began visiting campuses last week, the first step in UC President Robert Dynes’ plan to assess and improve minority representation in the university’s faculty. Dynes believes that to stay competitive, the UC must ensure minorities and women are proportionally represented among tenure-track professors. […]

LGBT Resource Center celebrates its 10th year

During Paymon Ebrahimzadeh’s first week at UCLA, he walked through an activities fair, quietly took a flier from the UCLA Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Campus Resource Center’s table, and hurried on. Not yet ready to publicly come out as gay, he was looking for a place where he could feel comfortable exploring his identity. […]

UC begins review of faculty diversity

A task force to review faculty diversity at the University of California began visiting campuses last week, the first step in UC President Robert Dynes’ plan to assess and improve minority representation in the university’s faculty. Dynes believes that to stay competitive, the UC must ensure minorities and women are proportionally represented among tenure-track professors. […]

[Online Exclusive] Late-night robberies hit close to campus

Los Angeles police are advising people not to walk alone at night after receiving several reports of armed robberies around the UCLA campus, the most recent of which took place on Aug. 13. Suspects have been approaching victims on the street and demanding money and property, according to an LAPD press release. Most of the […]

Scam e-mails hit customers of University Credit Union

E-mails purporting to be from the University Credit Union filled UCLA inboxes this month, offering UCU customers the chance to sign up for protection from fraud and identity theft. But these e-mails themselves were a scam. The messages were part of a trend in bank fraud called “phishing,” in which third parties pose as trusted […]