As two students make their way down the hall, the clanging of the glass bottles and soda cans alerts residents that the students are making their weekly collection of recyclable goods. By the time they get to the next door, the residents already have their door open with their recycling in hand and ready for […]
Author Archives: Michelle Ouaknine
Series of sexual batteries reported near campus
Another incident of sexual battery was reported to UCPD Saturday, the fourth in a string of batteries in the last three weeks. At 6:20 p.m., a female student was approached from behind as she retrieved property from her parked vehicle on the 400 block of Landfair Ave. The suspect then grabbed her breasts and fled […]
Where the streets have no light
As students walk home to their apartments on the west side of campus, they may find that many of the streetlights that had been installed to brighten their path are now dark. As of Wednesday night, about a third of the street lights by the apartments on the west side of campus are not working, […]
Sign-ups for housing moved to March 8
After some negotiations, UCLA Housing and the On Campus Housing Council have reached an agreement to begin on-campus room sign-ups on March 8, about a month earlier than last year’s April sign-ups. Housing officials had proposed to move the date for room sign-ups ““ during which students choose which dorm they want to live in […]
Housing sign-ups to begin earlier
UCLA Housing has decided that on-campus room sign-up dates will be moved up at least a month to the end of winter quarter, eliciting a litany of concerns about the change from student representatives. Housing Assignments Manager Robert Smith said the new sign-up date will be between February and April, but a specific date has […]
BruinGo! may be stopped
Due to concerns raised by the Santa Monica Big Blue Bus, the BruinGo! program ““ which allows students to ride the bus for a quarter instead of the full fare ““ may be discontinued next quarter. UCLA’s contract with Big Blue Bus expired at the end of last school year, and the bus service said […]
Restoring waterways of the past
Two large creeks once flowed through the east and west sides of the UCLA campus. But in order to construct more buildings in the early 1930s, most of the two creeks was buried. But starting on Sunday, members of the UCLA community will begin the first stage of restoring the only remaining above-ground part of […]