Police are investigating a suspicious package reported at the David Geffen School of Medicine on Monday afternoon. UCPD Lieutenant Richard Davis said someone reported a grocery bag outside the Jules Stein Eye Institute on campus about 4 p.m. UCPD arrived at the scene and contacted the Los Angeles Police Department to investigate the package. Westwood […]
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Volunteers travel to Mexico to establish long-term ties with residents
Students with tired faces piled into a large, white van at 4:30 a.m. Some students held jackets and others clutched onto pillows — but all were distinguishable by their bright blue shirts decorated with a clown fish logo. Every other Saturday throughout the academic year, the students make a three-hour trip from Los Angeles to […]
MakeUCLAGreatAgain candidate petitions for USAC election re-vote
MakeUCLAGreatAgain candidate Shubham Goel submitted a petition asking the USAC Election Board to disqualify the Social Justice Referendum and call a re-vote for all contested candidates in last week’s undergraduate student government election. Goel, the sole candidate who ran under the slate MakeUCLAGreatAgain, filed the petition to the USAC Judicial Board, which accepted it Friday […]
Wooden Center plans to use referendum funds to extend gym hours
The John Wooden Center plans to extend its operating hours to 24 hours on weekdays using funds from the Social Justice Referendum, a UCLA official said. Students voted last Friday to pass the Social Justice Referendum, an initiative that increases quarterly student fees by $24.99, effective fall 2016. An amount of $1.75 per student per […]
TFT criticized for lack of transparency in admissions process
Several students said they think the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television misled applicants about its admissions process this year. John Caldwell, vice chair of undergraduate studies in the film, television and digital media department, said department officials decided they would no longer accept applications from internal transfer students for the Film, Television and […]
EU ambassador addresses UCLA community regarding refugee crisis
The European Union ambassador to the United States told UCLA community members Wednesday afternoon he thinks the EU’s member countries need to work together to address the refugee crisis. About 50 people attended the event, hosted by the Burkle Center for International Relations and the UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies. David O’Sullivan, also […]
Human Rights Night panelists address refugee crisis, human trafficking
Tania Rashid saw pieces of American-branded, blood-soaked clothing scattered among the rubble of fallen buildings after a Bangladeshi garment factory collapsed in 2013 and killed more than 1,000 people. Rashid, then a reporter for Al Jazeera, was a panelist at Human Rights Night, an event hosted by Fresh START at UCLA and LA Stop the […]