Ninfa Rios spends 55 hours a week at work, getting home close to 2 a.m. some nights, with the hope that her daughter can live out her dream of becoming a doctor. Rios said she began serving food in UCLA Dining Services five years ago when she realized she had to make more money to […]
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UCLA installs new dispensers to reduce paper towel waste
UCLA officials recently installed new toilet paper and paper towel dispensers in bathrooms across campus as part of a University of California-wide project to reduce paper towel waste. The new dispensers are able to control the amount of paper they dispense more efficiently than the old dispensers so students can conserve more paper towels, said […]
Volunteers engage in painting projects as part of One Bus, One Cause
Brenda Camarillo, a fourth-year Chicana/o studies student, painted a hopscotch court Saturday outside the Nora Sterry Elementary School in Sawtelle, about 2 miles south of campus. Camarillo went to the school as part of One Bus, One Cause, a volunteer program through the UCLA Volunteer Center. During One Bus, One Cause events, the center sends […]
Student protesters call for divestment at regents investment meeting
Student protesters disrupted a University of California investments planning meeting Friday at UCLA, calling for divestment from fossil fuel companies and companies some say are involved in human rights violations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The students also protested against the UC’s plan to increase tuition. The UC Board of Regents Committee on […]
Student protesters call for divestment at regents investment meeting
Student protesters disrupted a University of California investments planning meeting Friday at UCLA, calling for divestment from fossil fuel companies and companies some say are involved in human rights violations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The students also protested against the UC’s plan to increase tuition. The UC Board of Regents Committee on […]
Offensive posters accusing SJP of anti-Semitism found on campus, in Westwood
This article was updated at 8:26 p.m. on Feb. 22. Students reported finding several posters around Westwood Sunday that depicted men with assault rifles standing over a masked man and named the group Students for Justice in Palestine with “#JewHaters” written below it. The posters were reported outside Ackerman Union, near Powell Library, in the […]
Arts advocate donates $2 million to UCLA school of music
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music recently received a $2 million donation from an advocate of the arts at UCLA. Elaine Krown Klein gave $2 million to honor her late husband, Leo M. Klein. The gift will establish the first chair in performance studies in the department of music. The position will go to […]