Consistent with national economic trends, Associated Students UCLA, the institution that runs all of UCLA’s restaurants, services, the student store and virtually all of Ackerman Union, has suffered net losses both in recent months and since this time last year.
Figures released late last month for December 2008 show that sales are off by 4 to 5 percent since the start of this fiscal year, down nearly $2 million since July.
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UCLA students change direction
If statistics are any sort of benchmark, most UCLA undergraduates are pleased with their college experience.
UCLA has a freshman retention rate of 97 percent and a first-year transfer retention rate of 95 percent, according to Vu Tran, director of undergraduate admissions and relations with schools.
RIAA opts to alter
Students facing civil litigation suits brought by the recording industry may have reason to sigh in relief after the organization’s recent announcement that it will be changing its methods of protecting copyrighted material.
Revised route receives mixed reviews
Undeterred by the recently changed Undie Run route, students stayed true to tradition as they ran along the police barricaded path in Bruin Plaza on Dec. 10.
Undie Run route revised
As anticipated, UCLA administrators and representatives from the undergraduate student government decided upon a new route for this Wednesday’s Undie Run, which administrators said was previously unsafe and in need of revision.
Beginning of Afro-American studies
At the start of what was then known as “Negro History Week” in February 1967, members of the Black Student Union, then known as Harambee, lined Bruin Walk in silent protest
Biden, Palin to affect UC students’ decisions on election day
Public sentiment toward the vice presidential candidates may be of tremendous and unprecedented consequence in next Tuesday’s election.