A new sandwich bar that allows students to custom-order sandwiches opened last Thursday in the De Neve Grab ‘N Go location. Similar to a Subway station, students visiting the sandwich bar tell the worker behind the counter what they would like on their sandwich, and generally leave the Grab ‘N Go location with their sandwich […]
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New online course to help student cyclists steer clear of citations
Cyclists who receive a citation will be able to complete an online course to have their citation dismissed. On Oct. 10, UCLA Transportation and UCPD will launch BikeSafe, an online program that will give bicycle safety lessons to educate riders and help them avoid citations, according to the UCLA Transportation website. Cited cyclists may choose […]
Student overcomes dark past, on track to successful graduation
Jackie Iovino had no family support, no money and battled heroin addiction for several years, not long ago. Her battle came to an end in 2014 when she became an anthropology student at UCLA. The roots of Iovino’s story, however, begin before she was homeless. “I’d gone to school in my late 20s (and) I […]
USAC Recap – Sept. 27
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417 and are open to all students. Watch a live stream of the meetings on the USAC Live! YouTube channel. Agenda The council approved first-year Navi Sidhu […]
Graduate students lose health benefits after departmental errors
Some UCLA graduate student academic workers have lost access to their full health benefits, after their departments failed to process payment for their tuition and fees on time. The Office of the Registrar informed the teaching assistants, tutors and readers that they had outstanding balances on BruinBill on Thursday. United Auto Workers Local 2865, the […]
UCLA initiates program to support first-generation college students
UCLA’s first-ever program for first-generation college students held its Welcome Soiree on Tuesday night in Covel Commons. First To Go, which was created in June, will focus on providing resources, networking opportunities and programming specifically for the first-generation students at UCLA, said Symone Morales, First To Go’s program coordinator. “If you are literally the first […]
UCLA zooms towards carbon neutrality with new electric buses
UCLA officials unveiled two new electric BruinBuses at a ribbon cutting ceremony in Dickson Court on Tuesday. UCLA’s fleet now consists of 14 compressed natural gas buses and two new electric buses, which replaced UCLA’s last diesel-run buses, said Renee Fortier, executive director of UCLA Events and Transportation. [Related: UCLA celebrates 30 years of sustainable […]