The city of Los Angeles may ban protesters from carrying pepper spray, tasers and improvised shields. The LA City Council asked city attorneys last week to draft a new law that will ban certain items during public demonstrations, a list of which will be approved by the LA Police Department. The city is looking to […]
Category Archives: Campus
UCLA updates policy to remove student addresses from directory
UCLA is updating its student records policy to remove student addresses from the campus directory, university officials announced Monday. The Registrar’s Office announced in a campuswide email it will update UCLA Policy 220, which concerns student records disclosures, in accordance with a University of California policy change last month. The UC removed both local and […]
UCLA officials caution students to be wary of apartment scams
UCLA officials are warning students seeking off-campus housing to read housing contracts thoroughly and pay fees using traceable forms of payment to protect against the increasing threat of housing scams. Christin Liu, an attorney at UCLA Student Legal Services, said housing scammers often target students close to the start of fall quarter, and have scammed […]
Socialist Students UCLA holds event criticizing UC free speech trend
Students at a Friday event said they think the University of California has historically suppressed free speech and called on the university to help peacefully protest far-right speakers that visit campus. More than a dozen students attended “Free Speech: The UC’s History of Hypocrisy,” held by Socialist Students UCLA at Boelter Hall. Henry DeGroot, an […]
Vending machine with safe sex, health products installed in Ackerman
Students will now be able to access a vending machine on campus that provides birth control products, condoms and school supplies. Associated Students UCLA and the Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center partnered with UCLA Vending Services to install the vending machine in Ackerman A-Level on Thursday. The main goal of the machine is […]
Alumni develop app for college students to manage their finances
Tim Yu and Susie Kim spent $70 to buy tickets to a nightclub party hosted by Kim Kardashian in Las Vegas. They ended up arriving late and missing the party. That experience made them realize they needed to make better financial decisions and led them to create Pluto Money, a mobile application that aims to […]
GSA recap – Oct. 18
The Graduate Student Association is the voice of graduate students on campus. The association meets for forum every three weeks and takes positions on current issues affecting graduate students. Forum meetings are at 5:30 p.m. in the Global Viewpoint Lounge in Ackerman Union. Agenda The association approved GSA President Michael Skiles’ appointments to the internal […]