Undergraduate student government President Heather Rosen asked on Monday for UCLA community members to submit any evidence that members of the LET’S ACT! slate used illicit tactics to fundraise in previous campaigns. Documents leaked near the start of the Undergraduate Students Association Council election last month allege that LET’S ACT! members used student fees and […]
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Student awarded Library Prize for research in sciences, arts and humanities
Nine students were awarded the Library Prize for Undergraduate Research as part of Undergraduate Research Week, which ended Friday. The prizes consisted of seven categories, and winners were awarded cash prizes ranging from $250 to $450 for major and minor projects depending on each paper’s length. Winning projects will be published on eScholarship, the University […]
Pilipin* Youth Empowerment Day engages students in cultural dialogue
About 50 students from local high schools and community colleges gathered in Boelter Hall classrooms Saturday to discuss their Filipino heritage and culture with students in Samahang Pilipino, a UCLA cultural group. The organization hosted Pilipin* Youth Empowerment Day, an event that featured workshops that focused on Filipino-American history, identity and representation in the media. […]
Alumna finds support in UCLA community, advocates for mother’s return
Barbara Sahagun’s mother left for Guatemala on April 23 expecting to be back no more than a week later, finally a legal permanent resident of the United States. The family said goodbye and planned for a speedy reunion with plenty of time left to see one another by Mother’s Day. But after Maria Elena Villanueva […]
Campbell Hall renovation reminder of student activism history
Miles Goodloe walked through Campbell Hall nearly every day for four years, slipping in and out of tutoring sessions between classes, popping into counseling appointments and dropping by for quick mentoring sessions with advisors. “Family, tutors, counselors, friends, a shelter to come to that will feed you from time to time,” said Goodloe, a UCLA […]
Lecturer to share personal experience with addiction at TEDxUCLA event
Fifteen years ago, Adi Jaffe woke up handcuffed to a hospital bed after being caught in possession of half a pound of cocaine following a motorcycle accident. As an undergraduate student at UCLA, Jaffe made his living and his reputation by using and selling drugs. Now a psychology lecturer at UCLA, he plans to discuss […]
Student groups receive greater cultural event funding from referendum
Dozens of student groups were able to organize better cultural events this school year under a referendum that allowed the Cultural Affairs Commission, an office in the undergraduate student government, to allocate about $100,000 to fund events. UCLA students approved the Arts Restoring Community referendum last year, adding a $1.55 quarterly fee to fund cultural […]