Michelle Erai was sick in bed, wearing her green flannel nightgown and sporting her “Polynesian ‘fro,” when her girlfriend asked her to marry her. Marriage had not been a part of the UCLA assistant gender studies professor’s plan. She said she didn’t believe in it. She had suffered abusive relationships and studied the history of […]
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USAC recap – March 10
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every week on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417 and are open to all students. Watch a live stream of the meeting on the USAC Live! YouTube channel. Agenda The council unanimously approved […]
USAC unanimously passes resolution calling for bike lanes around UCLA
The undergraduate student government unanimously passed a resolution calling for the Los Angeles City Council to install a bike lane along Westwood Boulevard near UCLA. The Undergraduate Students Association Council worked with Westwood neighborhood groups and the Graduate Students Association to develop the resolution. GSA unanimously passed a similar resolution during its March 4 meeting. […]
USAC unanimously passes resolution condemning anti-Semitism on campus
This article was updated on March 11 at 12:45 a.m. The undergraduate student government unanimously passed “A Resolution Condemning Anti-Semitism” at its Tuesday meeting after more than 100 students made public comments in support of the measure. The resolution, drafted by members of Hillel at UCLA and Undergraduate Students Association Council President Avinoam Baral, condemns […]
UCLA graduate schools placed in top 20 nationally in 2016 rankings
Several UCLA graduate schools placed in the top 20 nationally in the 2016 U.S. News and World Report “Best Graduate School” rankings released Tuesday. The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA ranked seventh in the country for primary care – up from 13th last year – and 13th for research. U.S. News and World […]
United Khmer Students’ Culture Night weaves together folk tales, dances
The United Khmer Students at UCLA, family and friends came together Sunday night to showcase Cambodian culture with student performances, weaving together traditional folk tales and dances at the 18th annual Culture Night. The event in Schoenberg Hall was a performance of an original 50-page play called “Thoun Chey and the Golden Fish,” which joins […]
ASUCLA restaurants to consider composting program
Associated Students UCLA restaurants may begin composting leftover food and paper packaging this year in locations such as Ackerman Union and Lu Valle Commons.