The University of California Student Association, comprised of representatives from the UC student governments, held its monthly board meeting on Jan. 9 and 10 at UC San Diego. The board discussed the UC budget and how the UC’s budget request, with regard to what students require of the budget, compares to Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed […]
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Nearly 120,000 students apply to UCLA, highest among UCs for fall 2016
UCLA was the most applied to University of California campus for fall 2016 admission, with nearly 120,000 students applying for admission. UCLA received 97,064 freshman applicants and 22,262 transfer application, totaling 119,326. This was an increase 5.8 percent from 112,744 last year. A total of about 200,000 students applied to the UC for fall 2016 […]
Q&A: UCLA Title IX officer talks new model to investigate sexual assault reports
On Jan. 1, the University of California implemented a new systemwide procedure that requires Title IX offices, rather than dean of students offices, to investigate reports of sexual assault. UC President Janet Napolitano’s Task Force on Preventing and Responding to Sexual Violence and Sexual Assault suggested changes to existing procedures, which contributed to the new […]
UCLA offers new travel study programs, summer institutes for 2016
UCLA will offer new travel study opportunities and application-based courses to students who wish to apply their knowledge outside traditional classroom settings. Assistant Vice Provost Jaime Balboa said students can begin applying to three new travel study opportunities for summer. One program, called “English in Florence: American Writers and Artists Abroad,” allows students to take […]
UCLA maintenance in the dark about Southern Lights flood cause
Investigators have not yet pinpointed the source of a leak that flooded Southern Lights, a coffee shop in the Court of the Sciences, in early November. An Associated Students UCLA manager shut down operations midday on Nov. 5 after the employee area of the coffee shop was flooded, said Cindy Bolton, the ASUCLA director of […]
BruinCards to serve as room keys starting fall 2016
Beginning fall 2016, students will use BruinCards instead of separate room keys to access their dorm rooms, UCLA Housing officials said. Barbara Wilson, associate director of room operations for UCLA Housing, said officials and students were initially concerned someone could enter a student’s room with just his or her BruinCard. Students showed more support for […]
ASUCLA allows students to compare textbook prices online
This quarter, UCLA students can compare prices of textbooks sold by different vendors on an Associated Students UCLA-launched website extension. The extension, introduced as part of the ASUCLA textbook website, lists options for course materials available from different companies such as Amazon, AbeBooks and Barnes & Noble. Neil Yamaguchi, ASUCLA academic support director, said he […]