Rocky Rojas knew there was more to the world than his conservative town in Arizona. “I feel limited in my location because there’s not a lot of opportunities or room for involvement in my community in Arizona,” said Rojas, who will be a first-year student at UCLA this fall. Growing up in a financially unstable […]
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USAC recap – July 22
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government of UCLA’s undergraduate students. During summer, council meetings take place biweekly on Tuesdays at 8 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 approved contingency programming allocations […]
UCLA hosts Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Sports Awards
Over two dozen professional and Olympic athletes walked across the orange carpet outside of Pauley Pavilion prior to last week’s Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Sports Awards. These widely renowned sports figures were not there to promote their own image or bring extra attention to themselves. No, this day was for the kids. “I’m glad to be […]
Campbell Hall renovations to be completed in spring 2015
Juan Llano said he remembers peer tutoring sessions in Campbell Hall where, amid the loud noise and cramped atmosphere, concentrating was sometimes exhausting.
Obituary: Devoted physicist Nina Byers dies at 84
Nina Byers, a noted physicist who taught at UCLA and helped pave the way for more women in the field, passed away in her Santa Monica home on June 5 because of a hemorrhagic stroke. She was 84. Byers joined UCLA’s Physics and Astronomy Department as an assistant professor in 1961, where she later worked […]
USAC councilmember’s tweet on airport profiling prompts backlash
This post was updated on July 18 at 11:29 a.m. A controversial tweet posted by undergraduate student government councilmember Avinoam Baral on Wednesday night has sparked some backlash on social media from dozens of UCLA students, including student government officials. Baral, the Undergraduate Students Association Council internal vice president, posted a tweet about racial profiling […]
On-boarding event helps veterans find resources at UCLA
A United States Marine Corps veteran attended an event designed for incoming veteran students Wednesday because he was worried that he would be one of the few incoming soldiers in fall. “I wanted to actually see the veteran community on campus before coming here because my community college had a lot of veterans,” said Spincer […]