About 250 students, professors, family and friends held a candlelight vigil Thursday night in Sunset Village to commemorate UCLA student Christian Guzman, who died on Sunday at a retreat with The Posse Foundation. He was 21. “Christian was an example of love,” said Maritza Galdamos, his mother, at the vigil. “He always inspired me to […]
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New air-handling system expects to cut energy costs, carbon emissions
Student union officials plan to install a new energy-efficient air handling system in Ackerman Union and Kerckhoff Hall in the next few months, which is expected to save $22,500 annually in electrical costs. The Associated Students UCLA board of directors voted unanimously last week to allocate $90,000 to replace the buildings’ current heating and cooling […]
‘3 Day Startup’ aims to develop students’ entrepreneurial skills
Forty students will work in teams to develop complete business models, starting with their ideas and onward, this weekend on the Hill. The event, called 3 Day Startup, is a nonprofit weekend conference that the organizers hope will teach students how to develop prototypes, talk to customers and collaborate with mentors. This weekend will be […]
Winter SOOF applicants to receive about $200 in USAC funding
The undergraduate student government unanimously allocated about $20,600 to more than 100 student groups on Tuesday to use for a variety of operational costs. This is the third round of Student Organization Operational Fund allocations in which the average money given to groups has hovered around $200. The total pool of funds available from SOOF […]
Anderson student creates ‘glitter bomb’ website startup
Ben Follansbee spent the last three weeks stuffing glitter into envelopes and sending them to hundreds of people across the country. Follansbee, a master’s of business administration student at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, is the founder of SparkleSlap.com, a startup website that supplies customers with glitter bombs that are sent to unsuspecting recipients. […]
UCLA economics professor George Murphy dies at age 90
George Murphy, a longtime UCLA economics professor with a passion for singing, died Jan. 2 of natural causes and health complications due to diabetes. He was 90. Beyond his work at UCLA, Murphy was a World War II veteran who stormed Gold Beach on D-Day and an amateur opera singer who pursued his passion to […]
USAC recap – Feb. 3
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 voted 12-0-0 […]