Associated Students UCLA is set to change the way it handles waste and the products it buys as a result of two environmental initiatives approved by the ASUCLA Board of Directors Friday. Beginning Sept. 1, all ASUCLA restaurants in association facilities, like Ackerman Union, will compost their kitchen waste, said Karen Noh, ASUCLA director of […]
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Poly Clinic, MedFest offer care to athletes at Special Olympics World Games
About five physicians and nurses hurriedly fetched bandages and medicines, seemingly incognizant of the frenzy of cheers erupting outside in celebration of the Special Olympics World Games. Physicians exchanged concise directions at the UCLA Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center, where they treated an athlete for a broken collarbone following a cycling accident. Within […]
LADWP lags in improving underground infrastructure after UCLA flood
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power said it has not improved its infrastructure because it is still researching new technologies since a water main burst on Sunset Boulevard a year ago and flooded Bruin Plaza and UCLA parking lots. The water main burst flooded 20 million gallons of water onto Bruin Walk and […]
ASUCLA Board of Directors recap – July 31
Associated Students UCLA is a multimillion-dollar organization that provides student services and activities that the university does not fund. It oversees the Undergraduate Students Association Council, Graduate Students Association, Communications Board, campus services and enterprises. Executive and committee reports Executive director Bob Williams said a donation box is currently being built on the A-level of […]
UCPD arrest man who allegedly threatened with knife in parking lot
University police arrested a man who allegedly threatened another man with a knife in Parking Structure 4 Sunday morning. The man followed the second man from the 405 Freeway into the first level of the parking lot after an apparent road rage incident, according to a UCPD statement. The first man approached the second man […]
Student group funding committees face opposite problems
The two undergraduate representatives who were appointed onto student group funding committees cited contrasting problems in their respective committees – that one committee’s funds are underutilized and the other’s overutilized. Robert Bang, a rising fourth-year biology student, was elected by the Undergraduate Students Association Council on July 20 as a member of the Community Activities […]
Delta Terrace to be closed for renovations during 2015-2016 year
The Hill residential complex Delta Terrace will be closed for a $7 million renovation during the 2015-2016 school year, officials said. UCLA spokeswoman Rebecca Kendall said the renovations are part of the overall Hill renovation plan. Last year, Saxon Suites was closed for remodeling and Hitch Suites was updated the year before. Kendall said work […]