UCLA’s URSA and Financial Aid Office websites will tentatively be discontinued this spring because their features are now fully integrated into MyUCLA, officials said last week. Multiple campus departments have been working since 2011 to combine MyUCLA, URSA, the schedule of classes and Financial Aid Office services into a single website to make the sites […]
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UCLA groups call for support in response to offensive flier
Cultural student groups released a statement Thursday calling for UCLA and University of California leaders to affirm their support for the Asian Pacific Islander community, in response to a racist and sexist flier recently sent to the UCLA Asian American Studies Center. The Asian Pacific Coalition at UCLA, the Pacific Islands Students Association at UCLA, […]
Bruin Alliance hosts workshop on rights for UCLA students
A representative from UCLA Student Legal Services will run a “Know Your Rights” workshop Friday to educate students about their legal rights in various situations. Elizabeth Kemper, the director of Student Legal Services, will run the workshop, which will be held in Ackerman Student Union. She said the topics will range from unwarranted police trespassing […]
UCLA Graduate Students Association renovating website
Graduate student government leaders are working to revamp their website to make it a more relevant information source for graduate students and align it with UCLA’s main server. The Graduate Students Association is currently collecting information through an online survey to gauge how students use the website. The survey will close Friday at midnight. GSA […]
Costa Rican UCLA students form “Ticos for UCLA” club
Born in the United States, Yenory Chaves still maintains a strong connection to the country her family came from – Costa Rica. The fourth-year French student said her steadfast identity as a Costa Rican inspired her to start a club for Costa Rican students at UCLA this year. This past month, she officially established “Ticos […]
UCLA Muslim Student Association hosts tajweed classes
Tajweed – or the practice of breaking down the pronunciations and nuances in the Quran – is an art that upholds the true meaning of the text for Amin Quadri, a fourth-year biochemistry student. The lessons are part of the Muslim Student Association’s winter quarter campaign to direct its commitments and energies to the religion, […]
USAC Recap – Feb. 4
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government of UCLA’s undergraduate students. Council meetings are Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417 and are open to all students. Agenda USAC approved contingency allocations with a 9-0-1 vote. With an 8-0-2 vote, the council allocated $2,000 in discretionary funding to support a customized version […]