This post was updated on July 9 at 8:16 p.m. Police arrested an Associated Students UCLA employee last week for allegedly embezzling almost $200,000 from the ASUCLA textbook buyback program over a span of about two years. UCPD officers arrested the UCLA Store’s manager of used textbooks, a 47-year-old man, at about 6 p.m. on […]
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USAC budget for 2015-2016 school year reduces student group funding
The undergraduate student government passed a budget Monday that reduces allocations for a fund intended to support student groups by about $30,000, while increasing spending on officer stipends by more than $13,000. The council allocated $35,857 for the Student Organizations Operational Fund, known as SOOF, down from $68,745 last year. The amount of funding for […]
USAC recap – July 6
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings usually take place every week on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417 and are open to all students. This week’s meeting occurred on Monday, July 6th. Watch a live stream of the meeting on the […]
Dream Summer program provides internships to undocumented students
Katherine Herrera always wanted to work in public health. However, being undocumented meant that she did not have access to the networks she needed to achieve that goal. “The only career experience I ever had was working in retail,” she said. “I never had the opportunity to further my career goals and get professional experience.” […]
Professor faced hardships in war-torn Iran, now heads UCLA department
Dr. Siavash Kurdistani maintained and developed a curiosity for science and discovery throughout his youth, despite the hardships he faced as a member of an oppressed minority during wartime. Growing up in Iran during the 1979 revolution and the consequent eight-year war with Iraq, Kurdistani faced oppression as a Jew, forcing him to escape from […]
ASUCLA to begin construction of Ackerman’s first all-gender restroom
Associated Students UCLA will begin Tuesday the construction of the first all-gender restroom in Ackerman Union, in response to requests from members of UCLA’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. Roy Champawat, director of the student union, said the restroom is expected to be completed mid-September and is estimated to cost about $148,000 for design, […]
Students aim to track economic benefits of immigration reform
Francisco López-Flores was talking to numerous investors in May to pitch a project to track the economic benefits of immigration reform. However, one potential investor told López-Flores not to waste his time with mere hobbies. But for many undocumented students like López-Flores, who have had family members deported, the project was personal. López-Flores, who graduated […]