A new movement is taking root at UCLA. The national popularity of organic foods has continued to increase over the past decade, and UCLA students and officials are looking to jump on board with plans to include several organic food options at on-campus eateries. Though they are very early in the process, student groups are […]
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ASUCLA board discusses removal of Coke products
At its March 10 meeting, the Associated Students UCLA Board of Directors met with Coke Free Campus, the student coalition seeking the removal of Coca-Cola products from campus, to hear the group’s complaints regarding Coca-Cola’s alleged mistreatment of workers in Columbia. The presentation, led by Megan Markoff, a second-year political science student, and Alexis Montes, […]
Coalition campaigns against Coca-Cola
A new group on campus is trying to remove products of the Coca-Cola Company from UCLA. Coke Free Coalition, a coalition of students from several student groups, demonstrated last week in opposition to having Coca-Cola products on campus. The group cites human rights violations by Coca-Cola involving Colombian paramilitary fighters and alleged murders of Colombian […]
Score one for the team, and the shirts
Students might not initially connect sinking shots with selling shirts, but strong performances from men’s basketball as well as football may have a positive effect on BearWear sales, Associated Students UCLA officials said. Projected sales of BearWear ““ UCLA-branded clothing and merchandise ““ for this academic year are estimated at $8.1 million. Midway through the […]
A Closer Look: Areas around UCLA see 3-year increase in crime
Though UCLA is considered by many students to be a safe campus, a series of crimes in Westwood since Dec. 15, 2005, have some concerned. Recent statistics show at least a three-year trend of increased crime in the UCLA area, but a decline in many crimes on campus. According to a U.S. Department of Education […]
UC labor code questioned
Five years ago, the University of California adopted a code of conduct that aimed to improve conditions for workers who make merchandise bearing the logos or trademarks of the university and set standards of labor for licensees. On Wednesday, two student groups worked to educate the campus about their skepticism as to how strictly the […]
UCLA considers editable Web sites
With terms such as “blog” and “podcast,” the new computer jargon that has become second nature to many UCLA students has a new term to add to its lexicon: “wiki.” Wiki, meaning “quick” in Hawaiian, is a new type of Web site that allows users to directly edit a database of information with no prior […]