Candidates for the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education debated the role of charter schools, protections for undocumented students and the district’s budget at a UCLA forum Wednesday. Candidates Allison Holdorff Polhill, Greg Martayan, Nick Melvoin and incumbent Steve Zimmer discussed their positions for the District 4 school board seat, which includes Westwood. […]
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Bruin Café to remain open until 2 a.m. on weekends
This post was updated Feb. 23 at 10:05 a.m. Residents of the Hill will once again have access to late night food options from Bruin Café. Bruin Café will remain open with a limited menu until 2 a.m. on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays beginning March 5, according to a post on the UCLA Housing […]
Student learning assistant program at UCLA expands to more classes
Students can guide their peers through classes in a growing program called Learning Assistants at UCLA. Learning assistants are students who help other students learn alongside regular teaching assistants and professors. This quarter, 11 professors had learning assistants in their classes, an increase from five in fall quarter and three last spring, when the program […]
UCLA professors launch website to help students affected by travel ban
This post was updated Feb. 17 at 3:50 p.m. A team of UCLA professors launched a website last week to support international students affected by President Donald Trump’s travel ban. Professors Graeme Blair, Darin Christensen, Michael Chwe, Erin Hartman, Chad Hazlett, Aliza Luft and Maggie Peters created We Stand with Our Students to help stranded […]
Student leaders revisit last year’s SJR contract before USAC elections
This post was updated 11 p.m. on Feb. 16. Several campus groups signed a contract last year that threatened to financially penalize those who failed to support a referendum. Eight mother organizations agreed to only support the Social Justice Referendum and not endorse any candidates in the 2016 Undergraduate Students Association Council election. The contract refers […]
Indus at UCLA to host first annual UC-Wide South Asian Conference
More than 100 South Asian students from University of California campuses will come to UCLA this weekend to discuss what it means to be South Asian. Indus at UCLA will host the first annual UC-Wide South Asian Conference in 20 years on Saturday and Sunday. Attendees will discuss different facets of South Asian identity, including masculinity […]
Alumnus Meyer Luskin donates $5M to fund center for history, policy
UCLA received a $5 million donation Wednesday to establish a center to apply historical research to modern-day problems. Alumnus Meyer Luskin, one of the namesakes of the Luskin School of Public Affairs, stipulated his gift would fund the Luskin Center for History and Policy, which will have the mission of furthering the study of historical […]