Ex-Marine student combats injury, hopes to make impact through business

Derek Herrera was in combat when a sniper’s bullet struck him on a Special Operations mission in Afghanistan in June 2012. “It’s inherently risky what we do (in the military),” Herrera said. “That’s one of the reasons the experience is so memorable and meaningful.” The sniper’s bullet left Herrera, now a student in Anderson School […]

UCLA Housing to centralize laundry rooms amid safety concerns

UCLA’s residence halls will soon have one centralized laundry room in each building rather than smaller laundry rooms on each floor. UCLA Housing and Hospitality Services and Residential Life decided to change the current laundry room set up after UCLA experienced problems with the ventilation system causing false fire alarms, said Barbara Wilson, associate director […]

UCLA student group helps nonprofit pack over 4,000 meals for homeless

Dozens of volunteers at the Sunset Canyon Recreation Center quickly spread peanut butter and jelly on bread and stacked sandwiches in an assembly line at an event to promote National Homeless Awareness Week on Saturday. Volunteers put together 4,083 meals for homeless people at the event. The original goal was to pack 5,000 meals. The […]

Former Internal Vice President Avinoam Baral assumes USAC presidency

Avinoam Baral became the new undergraduate student government president Friday night, after Devin Murphy resigned from office. Murphy said in a statement Friday morning he resigned from the Undergraduate Students Association Council presidency because of the high level of stress and the toll campus climate has taken on his mental, emotional and physical health. In […]

USAC President Devin Murphy resigns

This post was updated on Nov. 14 at 4:30 p.m. Undergraduate student government president Devin Murphy resigned from office Friday, saying his job and the campus climate had taken a toll on his mental, emotional and physical health. In an online statement, Murphy said he thinks UCLA needs to improve campus climate for students of […]