Well-known environmental activist and author Erin Brockovich spoke at UCLA on Wednesday about her passion for environmentalism and the award-winning movie based on her life.
Category Archives: Campus
USAC bylaw amendment places restrictions on future stipend increases
Six months after raising their own monthly stipends, undergraduate student government officials unanimously passed a bylaw amendment Tuesday to bar future salary changes from taking immediate effect. In August, the Undergraduate Students Association Council raised councilmember stipends from $355 to $672 with an 8-1-0 vote. The decision also raised stipend caps for some other members […]
UCLA to celebrate Black History Month with lectures, exhibits
UCLA will celebrate Black History Month throughout February with a series of lectures and cultural exhibitions to enlighten the community about black culture and history. On Wednesday, African studies professor Adams Bodomo, from the University of Vienna, will speak on contemporary Africa/China relations and the increasing number of Africans visiting and settling in China in […]
USAC passes resolution calling for reevaluation of company investment
The undergraduate student government unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday calling for UCLA and the University of California to divest from companies that invest in private prisons. The resolution states that by investing in companies that benefit from prison labor, the UC and UCLA support a private prison system composed of a disproportionate number of people […]
Veteran draws on personal experience in teaching, gay rights research
As he paced in front of a class of about two dozen students, William “Ajax” Peris appeared assured and calm. He displayed the same confident demeanor that helped him succeed at testing heat-seeking missiles and monitoring no-fly zones in Iraq throughout the 1990s, after the first Gulf War. The 44-year-old teaching assistant and U.S. Air […]
Proposal to change Afro-American Studies into department under review
A proposal to make the Interdepartmental Program in Afro-American Studies into its own department is in its final stages of review almost a year after the proposal was originally submitted. Kyle McJunkin, director of curriculum, coordination and operations at UCLA, said if all goes smoothly, the African American Studies department could be established by summer […]
UC president forms student veteran advisory group
University of California President Janet Napolitano announced Monday a new student veteran advisory group, another one of her efforts to connect with particular groups of students.