UCLA needs equitable allocation of private donation funds to all departments

The year is 2050. State funding for the University of California has dwindled to mere pennies. UCLA departments are forced to grovel for donations with flashy titles and perks, and department chairs vie for philanthropists like players in the Hunger Games do. If only the nation’s top public university weren’t so private. State support for […]

ASU calls for UCLA to address issues affecting African-American students

A student organization demonstrated during a basketball game Thursday to push UCLA to better address cases of racial discrimination on campus and increase funding for African-American student groups. The Afrikan Student Union, which aims to promote African-American students’ interests, assembled inside Pauley Pavilion during the UCLA men’s basketball game to express discontent with how UCLA […]

Healthy Campus Initiative grows in scope with community gardening event

This post was updated Feb. 21 at 2:29 p.m. A campus initiative is working to centralize the various health and sustainability projects on campus to tackle issues of physical, mental and emotional well-being. The Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center at UCLA, a university program that works to promote healthy lifestyles, organized a community gardening event […]