Associated Students UCLA officials are continuously repairing ceilings and interior damage to campus buildings due to leakages. Ackerman Union and Kerckhoff Hall have had frequent ceiling leaks for several years. ASUCLA, which oversees these buildings, will address leaks through ongoing repairs as they develop more comprehensive renovation plans for the future, said ASUCLA director Roy […]
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Dance Marathon 2017 raises $434,515 to fight pediatric AIDS
Addressing the usual Dance Marathon crowd of people, dressed in colorful, wacky outfits, organizers announced that UCLA’s Pediatric AIDS Coalition raised $434,515 for this year’s Dance Marathon. PAC holds the annual event to raise money to fight pediatric AIDS and HIV, and has raised millions since the event first launched in 2002. The total amount […]
GSA President Michael Skiles to continue plans after running unopposed
The graduate student government president will run again, unopposed, in the upcoming student elections to finish the work that he started this past year, he said. In the past year, Graduate Students Association President Michael Skiles has increased GSA’s effort to connect with students, though some students remain unengaged in graduate student politics. Skiles also […]
Dance Marathon holds vigil to recognize people affected by HIV
Red light flooded Pauley Pavilion early Sunday as hundreds of dancers raised glow sticks in the air for a vigil honoring people living with HIV. Students participated in a moment of silence and used the glow sticks to recognize women living in sub-Saharan Africa with HIV and AIDS at the Dance Marathon vigil, which began […]
Students find ways to outrun fatigue as Dance Marathon paces through night
This post was updated April 9 at 11:25 a.m. Exhausted dancers looked for ways to relieve their aching feet as Dance Marathon entered the early hours of Sunday morning. Dance Marathon volunteers started dancing at 10:30 a.m. Saturday and will continue dancing until Sunday 1:30 p.m. – a full 26 hours. Many dancers, complaining of […]
USAC Election Board sanctions three candidates for Facebook post
The undergraduate student government election board sanctioned three candidates Friday for a Facebook post that violated social media rules. On Thursday morning, a student named Christian D. Green posted a Facebook status about three people running in this year’s Undergraduate Students Association Council elections: Malik D. Flournoy-Hooker, Chloe Pan and Sayron Stokes. The sanction said […]
Students put personal twists on fundraising for Dance Marathon
This weekend, dancing comes with a price. Besides the physical and emotional strength it takes to dance 26 hours straight, students must also raise $10 per every hour they dance, which equals to $260. The Pediatric AIDS Coalition at UCLA, which organizes the annual Dance Marathon and advocates for HIV and AIDS research and education, […]