Author Archives: Michelle Ouaknine

Though the Go Westwood Web site was deactivated in February, university officials and student leaders are finding other ways to promote a closer relationship between students and Westwood Village. Go Westwood was a Web site that linked students to Westwood Village by providing a list of businesses in the area, including merchants who would accept […]

With spring quarter under way, students choosing not to live in on-campus housing have been searching for apartments for the next academic year. But with each passing year, apartment prices continue to rise, and it is increasingly difficult for students to find available apartments. Frank Montana, manager for the UCLA Community Housing Office, said approximately […]

An increase in acts of vandalism on the Hill in recent weeks has the UCLA Housing Administration and the Office of Residential Life staff exploring various ways to discourage such behavior in the residence halls. Vandalism across the Hill has included the destruction and theft of exit signs, holes punched and kicked into walls, missing […]

With on-campus Housing room sign-ups starting today, the UCLA Housing Administration anticipates an increase in the number of returning residents living on the Hill next year, despite the closure of Sproul Hall for renovations. Last year, 4,909 students applied to return to on-campus Housing. This year, that number has increased to 6,035, said Frank Montana, […]

Efforts to bring kosher and halal food to the dining halls has intensified in recent weeks as student leaders and administrators have begun to work together to devise a feasible plan to cater to the dietary needs of Muslim and Jewish students. Since last spring, the Jewish Student Union and the Muslim Student Association have […]

Next year there will be even fewer program assistants in the on-campus dorms as the Office of Residential Life continues to increase the number of resident assistants and decrease the number of PAs as part of a multiphase restructuring. Director of ORL Suzanne Seplow said ORL has been reviewing the student-to-staff ratio for the last […]

As he waited in the back of a classroom before making a presentation, communication studies Professor Tim Groeling observed students as they took notes for the class, listened to the lecturing professor and played computer solitaire. As society’s dependence on technology grows, students have increasingly used laptop computers as note-taking devices. And with wireless Internet […]