In March, Arami Walker took the stage to perform with a popular Argentinian band at a crowded Buenos Aires club. She spoke to the audience of locals in Spanish, a language she only learned a couple months before. Walker, a fifth-year world arts and cultures student, ran into the band in a bar earlier that […]
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Lecturers’ union, UC reach agreement regarding new employee contract
The University of California and its lecturers’ union reached a formal agreement Friday to increase lecturers’ salary by about 6 percent over the next six months, among other changes, concluding contract negotiations between the two parties after seven months. The University Council-American Federation of Teachers, which represents all librarians and non-Academic Senate faculty on UC […]
UCSA recap – Feb. 6-7
The University of California Student Association, comprised of representatives from the UC student governments, held its monthly board meeting on Feb. 6 and 7 at UC Santa Barbara. The board reviewed its quarterly meeting with Janet Napolitano, in which she gave further details about the UC housing initiative, which is designed to ensure sufficient housing […]
ASUCLA officials question need for new grocery store
Several Associated Students UCLA board members questioned the need for creating an on-campus student-run grocery store in a meeting Friday. The proposed grocery store, called the Student Food Co-op, would aim to provide fresh produce to students at a lower price than off-campus stores such as Trader Joe’s and Ralphs, said undergraduate student government President […]
UCLA assistant sociology professor breaks new ground in Iranian studies
Kevan Harris thought his undergraduate sociology classes were dull, until he took a class that covered social and historical revolutions from a sociological perspective. “I thought the Russian Revolution and the French Revolution were about politics,” said Harris, an assistant professor in sociology. “It was only until I was a senior in college that I […]
Luskin School of Public Affairs offers new food studies grad program
Graduate students can now apply to participate in a food studies certificate program led by the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs that will begin in fall. The graduate program aims to engage students from different fields in a discussion about the obstacles society faces in terms of food, said Alexis Oberlander, project manager of […]
Urban Color Lines event challenges racial segregation
Editor’s note: Priyanka Nanayakkara is a student in Ananya Roy’s class Inequality and Democracy: The Analysis and Praxis of Public Problems. Scholars, artists and activists gathered Feb. 4 and 5 for the launch of the new Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy. The launch event, “Urban Color-Lines,” took place on the UCLA campus as well […]