About 50 students bowed their heads to honor three black Sudanese Americans who were shot and killed Feb. 24, as the sun set on Meyerhoff Park on Wednesday evening. Members of the Afrikan Student Union and the Muslim Student Association, student groups at UCLA that organized the vigil, said they think the three men were […]
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USAC seeks to improve campus Wi-Fi with survey on signal strength
An undergraduate student government office is working to improve campus Wi-Fi connection through a survey that allows students to report varying signal strength around campus. Trent Kajikawa, the Undergraduate Students Association Council Academic Affairs commissioner, said he launched the Your Wi-Fi Sucks campaign to highlight inconsistent connectivity around campus. On the week two of the […]
USAC recap – March 1
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every Tuesdays 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. Special Presentation Directors of the JazzReggae Festival […]
Students call for professor involved in Title IX lawsuit to be fired
Students chanted “fire Piterberg” as they marched into the history department office in Bunche Hall on Wednesday afternoon, calling for UCLA officials to fire a professor who allegedly sexually harassed two graduate students. UC Student-Workers Union members organized a march throughout campus in protest of history professor Gabriel Piterberg’s return to teaching and the new […]
USAC votes to put Daily Bruin, Bruinwalk referendum on ballot
Students can vote whether to pay a $3 quarterly fee that supports the Daily Bruin and other campus media organizations in the spring undergraduate student government election. The Undergraduate Students Association Council voted 11-1-0 Tuesday night to add a referendum to the ballot that aims to finance the Daily Bruin and Bruinwalk.com. Academic Affairs Commissioner […]
Bruin Café wraps in eco-friendly paper packaging
Bruin Café now packs its sandwiches in eco-friendly paper wrapping as part of a cost-saving plan implemented mid-February. The new packaging is made of recyclable parchment paper wrapping, said Jeff Berman, general manager for Bruin Café and a senior food services manager for UCLA Housing and Hospitality Services. He added the recipes or sizes of […]
Bruin engineering students aim to build earthquake-proof building model
A team of civil engineering students will have seven minutes to place metal rods into an intricate, wooden structure. When they finish, the building must withstand an earthquake simulated by a shake table. For months, the Seismic Design team, which is part of the UCLA chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers, has worked […]