Associated Students UCLA is a multimillion-dollar organization that provides student services and activities that the university does not fund and oversees the Undergraduate Students Association Council, Graduate Students Association, Communications Board, campus services and enterprises. The services committee meeting takes place every month and focuses on evaluating the services provided by the association, specifically the […]
Category Archives: Campus
Bruin Republicans commemorate victims of 9/11
Bruin Republicans used American flags to create a memorial outside Kerckhoff Hall for 9/11 victims on the 14th anniversary of the attack.
UCLA ranked second best public university, 23rd overall in the nation
UCLA was tied for the 23rd best college and ranked as the second best public university for the second year in a row in a ranking by the U.S. News & World Report released on Tuesday. USC and Carnegie Mellon University were tied at No. 23 with UCLA. Last year, UCLA was placed two slots […]
Hill Top Shop reopens after $150K summer renovation
The Hill Top Shop reopened Thursday in its old location opposite Café 1919 after Associated Students UCLA spent about $150,000 renovating the store this summer. Patrick Healey, director of apparel and accessories, said he reduced the selection of school supplies to focus on only necessary items, making room for new refrigerators that offer more organic […]
USAC to launch Bruin Defenders student lobbying funding program
Student groups on campus that want to lobby will be able to apply for significantly more funding through a new program under an undergraduate student government office in the fall. The Undergraduate Students Association Council’s External Vice President’s office will be launching the program, called Bruin Defenders, which will have about $50,000 available in funding. […]
Q&A: Grad student researcher talks harsh standards of living for California’s elderly
A UCLA study published July 31 found that one in five California residents over the age of 65 have incomes above the federal poverty line, but still cannot afford a “decent standard of living.” The study conducted by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research found about 772,000 older adults are ineligible for aid programs, […]
Diagnosis motivates assistant professor to conduct breast cancer research
Elisa Long spent her six-hour, daily chemotherapy sessions last summer reclining in a hospital chair binge-watching “The Price is Right,” determined to learn the rules and tricks of the games. She was a contestant on the show’s breast cancer awareness special in August, after completing a chemotherapy session the day before. Long said her statistical […]