Author Archives: Michelle Ouaknine

Jeanne Williams Newsom, former assistant dean of the David Geffen School of Medicine, died May 27 after battling cancer for several years. She was 83. Newsom’s stepson, Ted Newsom, said she suffered a “fairly damaging stroke” seven or eight years ago and has been on and off chemotherapy for the past three to four years. […]

During typical on-duty rounds, a resident assistant receives a noise complaint about loud music coming from a resident’s rooms. When the RA knocks on the door to speak to the residents, he notices bottles of alcohol sitting on a desk and confronts the students, gathering their BruinCards and documenting the situation to be reviewed by […]

Now that the construction of the new residential plazas is nearing completion on the Hill, preliminary plans to refurbish the older high-rise residential halls are being made. After meeting with contractors last Thursday, Alfred Nam, the associate director of rooms for UCLA Housing, said he anticipates the refurbishing of Sproul and Hedrick Halls to begin […]

Students who have avoided paying their parking tickets are getting a break this month from a parking citation amnesty program which encourages students to pay off their tickets before the end of the year. For the first time, the UCLA Citation Review and Adjudication Office is offering an amnesty period from May 1 to May […]

Around the halls of the high-rise dormitories, the sounds of laughter and music can be heard from the many rooms with doors propped open. But residential plazas such as De Neve and Sunset Village are often quiet with a few doors open to visitors. Students and university officials agree that the high-rise dorms are more […]

A majority of the 2,000 UCLA members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union went on strike on Thursday. AFSCME members work in residential dining and housing services, and the Associated Students of UCLA campus restaurants. At the UCLA Medical Center, AFSCME members work as security guards, custodians and cafeteria staff. […]

With the three-day on-campus housing sign-up period ending today, UCLA Housing says it is pleased with the initial interest in the residence halls and is confident that the new dormitories will be completed in time for residents to move in. For the first time in recent years, UCLA guaranteed housing to second-year students because of […]