Author Archives: Vanda Suvansilpakit

The Associated Students of UCLA is hoping to appoint an interim executive director by the end of this month, following the resignation of its current leader in late September. ASUCLA Executive Director Patricia Eastman announced her decision to step down from her post at the association’s September meeting of its board of directors. She resigned […]

Students dreading additional fee increases can rest easy as the Associated Students of UCLA decided to drop its proposal to raise the student union fee while it reevaluates its plan to revitalize Ackerman Union. The delay, however, means students won’t be seeing the planned large-scale service upgrades in the union anytime soon. At its monthly […]

Students pausing for coffee breaks between their classes can now check their e-mails and surf the Internet while they are in the North Campus area. The Associated Students of UCLA responded to student requests for increasing Internet access on campus. These requests were indicated in the results of numerous surveys of services it conducts each […]

UCLA students could soon have a new place to spend time with friends and meet new people if a plan for a casual dining space equipped with a bar is approved by the administration. The Associated Students of UCLA is pushing forward with its plan to create an on-campus pub in place of the existing […]

UCLA will play host today to a sister school long considered to also be a rival. And this time the two will meet with good intentions. Representatives from UC Berkeley will be on campus today to conduct an interview with Student Union Director Jerry Mann. The interview is part of Berkeley’s ongoing effort to create […]

The Associated Students of UCLA is tidying up its account book by offering a “house package” that will provide services for student groups holding events in Ackerman Union and Kerckhoff Hall. With the change, student groups will no longer have to work within a financial cap when they apply for the waiver pool this year. […]

A group of panelists, including the chief judge of the Central District of California, will speak this afternoon at the UCLA School of Law on the issue of achieving equal access to justice for all citizens. Terry Hatter, Jr., chief judge of the Central District of California since 1998, who will participate in the panel, […]