This article has been updated at 12:17 p.m. on Feb. 11. UniCamp, UCLA’s official student charity, started accepting applications for volunteers for its 80th summer camp this week. The main goal of the organization is to help Los Angeles youth from low-income backgrounds by providing them with a camping experience where they build relationships with […]
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USAC recap – Feb. 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 […]
Networking event to introduce students to public service opportunities
The undergraduate student government’s Community Service Commission will host the fifth annual Nonprofit Networking Night on Tuesday for students and alumni who wish to participate in off-campus public service opportunities. “(The event) makes continuing volunteer services after graduation possible,” said Undergraduate Students Association Council Community Service Commissioner Cynthia Wong. Attendees will be able to speak […]
UCLA professor is the final diversity vice chancellor candidate
The final candidate for the diversity vice chancellor position said Monday he would take steps to pinpoint discrimination at UCLA by using statistical evidence and by having university scholars come up with ideas to combat discrimination. The candidate, Jerry Kang, is a professor of law and Asian American studies at UCLA and has been a […]
All of Us hosts conference to address mental health stigmas, resources
With each rhythmic stroke of brush on canvas, Anusha Sadda’s blank square morphed into a landscape patched with dirty grays, chestnut browns and vibrant yellows. Her abstract scene represented the “roller coaster” of emotions she felt when asked to imagine herself as a person with HIV. Minutes earlier, she had learned about the possible mental […]
Faculty to resubmit diversity requirement petition with wording changes
The professors and administrators who petitioned for another vote on a diversity course requirement proposal withdrew their petition Thursday to make wording changes. The wording changes, which come from the Academic Senate Committee on Rules and Jurisdiction, are meant to clarify that the requirement would only apply to students in the UCLA College of Letters […]
UCLA Freedom Riders honored for activism at commemorative event
Robert Singleton begged his wife Helen not to make the journey from UCLA to Jackson, Miss., 54 years ago to protest interstate segregation. He said he was worried his wife would be in danger if she went with him, but he knew she was ready to travel to the South with him to fight for […]