UCLA officials held a forum Wednesday for community members to voice their concerns and recommendations to a task force created following the June 1 murder-suicide on campus. About 150 people, mostly faculty and staff, attended the hour-long meeting. The 26-member Campus Safety Task Force was organized to assess UCLA’s current emergency systems with an emphasis […]
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Alum Jessica Lim promotes Asian-American women in media in pageant
Jessica Lim would melt into the couch on Sunday evenings with her family when she was six years old to watch the cheers of fans and football players running across stadiums on TV. Her love for sports was evident from early on, but there was one detail that bothered her. “I remember the news anchor, […]
Postdoc union demands faster contract negotiations from UC
Postdoctoral researchers and supporters marched to Murphy Hall Friday to demand the University address contract negotiations more quickly. About 200 people marched to Executive Vice Chancellor Scott Waugh’s office from the Inverted Fountain, said Melissa Agnello, a postdoctoral researcher in oral biology and a head steward in United Auto Workers Local 5810. The protesters chanted, […]
Project Literacy helps students across LA throughout summer
Catherine Segura, a fifth-grader from Los Angeles, waited eagerly for her tutor every Friday this summer, excited about the new articles she would read. She likes to read about animals, but sometimes needs help understanding the material, said Katherine Lewis, Catherine’s tutor and a site director for Project Literacy. Lewis, a rising third-year history and […]
New BruinTAP card system allows access to two transportation systems
UCLA students and employees can now use one card for two transportation services. UCLA Transportation officials launched the BruinTAP for Transit program Thursday, which will allow students to load their Go Metro passes and BruinGO! Flash passes on a TAP card, a reusable bus and Metro fare card. A BruinGO! Flash pass allows students to […]
UCLA Recreation postpones end of towel service at Wooden
UCLA Recreation has delayed its decision to discontinue its towel service at John Wooden Center this fall. Towel services will be available at the John Wooden Center and Student Activities Center Monday through Friday until Dec. 23, according to UCLA Recreation. The service allows UCLA students to check out a towel with their BruinCard every […]
UC employees protest, demand higher wage increase
UCLA clerical employees protested outside the UCLA Wilshire Center on Wednesday against what they called a low proposed wage increase. About 200 members of Teamsters Local 2010, a union that represents around 14,000 University of California clerical, administrative and support staff, called the 1.5 percent increase unacceptable. “After decades of driving down wages, it is […]