This post was updated at 5:50 p.m. A former UCLA researcher who filed an unlawful dismissal lawsuit in 2012 will be paid $140,000 and have his termination rescinded as part of a settlement reached with the University of California Board of Regents on Wednesday. Dr. James Enstrom’s lawsuit claimed UCLA officials wrongfully dismissed him from […]
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GSA amends Election Code, reduces signatures needed to run for office
The graduate student government voted Wednesday to reduce the number of signatures that candidates must collect to run for office from 50 to 30. The Graduate Students Association Election Code amendment, which passed with a 12-4-0 vote, aims to increase the number of candidates running in elections and in turn improve voter turnout by making […]
GSA votes against rejoining UCSA
The graduate student government voted unanimously Wednesday night to not rejoin the University of California Student Association because of concerns over membership fees. To rejoin UCSA, which advocates for UC students, the Graduate Students Association would have to pay about $16,000 annually for membership. At the forum Wednesday, GSA officers said they were worried graduate […]
Course examining social aspects of Greek life to be offered for spring
Students will be able to take a course examining social behavior in Greek life through extensive discussion and artistic performances starting spring quarter. World Arts and Cultures 174A, a two-unit course titled “Desire on Campus: UCLA Sororities and Fraternities Move It Forward,” will take the form of an action conversation, which is a method of […]
Mobile Clinic Project at UCLA holds thrift shop event for the homeless
Clothes laid neatly stacked on tables as students lined the hallway outside the Kerckhoff Art Gallery, trying to peep a look at the goods they might be bringing home with them Monday night. The Mobile Clinic Project at UCLA organized its first-ever thrift shop event to collect clothing and other items for homeless individuals in […]
Campus events strive to educate about ‘R-word’ as part of campaign
Students can pledge to remove the word “retarded” from their daily vocabulary at on-campus events this week as part of the Spread the Word to End the Word campaign. The Spread the Word to End the Word campaign is part of a larger national movement to stop people from using the word “retard” or “retarded.” […]
Students share traditional music at Turkish Culture Night
Students sang along to traditional Turkish music at Turkish Culture Night, held Sunday evening in De Neve Plaza Room B. Fourth-year ethnomusicology student Ryan Vig played the baglama and musician Gökhan Bulut played the darbuka at the event.