The Associated Students of UCLA Board of Directors convened for their monthly meeting Aug. 30, most of which was held in executive session for about two hours to discuss what board members described as “various topics” related to finances. Among items discussed during the open session were the enterprise’s revenues and its relationship to groups […]
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ASUCLA student stipends not raised
The Associated Students of UCLA Board of Directors passed a motion to maintain the regular stipends awarded to each student board member during a board meeting July 30. In a vote with 6-1-3 vote (with three abstentions), the ASUCLA Board of Directors decided to keep the present regular monthly stipend that was set in May […]
Ongoing construction meant to benefit students
The UCLA that students see today will likely be different from the UCLA they will see tomorrow. The small university that began in 1919 as the southern California branch of UC Berkeley has rapidly grown, with rising buildings and face-lifts that can easily be seen throughout the typical undergraduate’s stay at UCLA. Such changes inevitably […]
Fraternities clean up Westwood
Westwood was made a little more beautiful Sunday morning as fraternity members and community residents participated in Operation Clean Sweep, a citywide program to remove trash and graffiti from the streets. Cleanup teams totaling about 100 members began at the Sigma Nu fraternity and spread out across the area to help clean up the streets […]
Bruins benefit from Web’s social networks
Online social networks such as Thefacebook.com offer an increasingly popular method for students to reach out to others in a large and often faceless campus population, making the Internet world an even smaller place. Online networking allows students to post pictures of themselves and to provide contact information such as phone numbers and e-mail addresses. […]
A closer look: Subletting: a conquerable challenge
Finding a place to rent and subletting to others can be a challenge the first time around. A common place to start for those interested in places being subletted is the UCLA Community Housing Office. One useful area of the Community Housing Office Web site is the publications and references section, which lists average rental […]
Protesters boycott Taco Bell with fast
No rotten tomatoes have been thrown, but that doesn’t mean everyone is satisfied with the business practices of the restaurant advertised by a hungry chihuahua. Students fasted and handed out fliers Thursday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Meyerhoff Lawn, protesting Taco Bell’s buying practices in solidarity with protesters in Kentucky. The boycott is […]