At its meeting Tuesday night, the undergraduate student government allocated about half of its remaining $152,000 surplus funds to finance council member initiatives. Councilmembers distributed about $78,500, leaving about $73,500 for some Undergraduate Students Association Council funding resources meant to support student groups. Funding for some student group resources will be cut by more than […]
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Alternative spring break program offers expanded opportunities
A spring break community service program has expanded this year to include more volunteer sites and participants. During Alternative Breaks at UCLA, a project housed in the Community Service Commission, students complete different service activities and aim to immerse themselves in the community. The sites include San Francisco, New Orleans, downtown Los Angeles and Washington, […]
Julian Myers, famed publicist and UCLA faculty member, dies at 95
Julian Myers, a longtime Hollywood film publicist who taught entertainment publicity at UCLA Extension, died on Dec. 21 of congestive heart failure in Marina del Rey. He was 95. Myers worked in the film business for more than 75 years and served as a publicist for stars like Marilyn Monroe, John Wayne and Elvis Presley. After […]
Justine Bateman moves from acting to academia
It was her supervising producer who finally sat Justine Bateman down in her dressing room, put a hand on her shoulder and broke the news about college. “Honey, you can’t go,” Bateman remembers the producer saying. “You’re under contract with Paramount Studios.” She was 17 when she first applied to college. At the time she […]
USAC to discuss allocation of surplus
Undergraduate student government officials are set to decide how to spend more than $150,000 of surplus funds at their meeting Tuesday night. Undergraduate Students Association Council surplus funding is money carried over from one year’s council to the next and calculated every November. The councilmembers are working with about $152,000 this year. Last year’s surplus […]
Passionate filmmaker and devoted friend, David Pregerson, dies at 23
David Pregerson, with his sense of humor and welcoming nature, had the ability to light up a room. “When you got to know him, you saw that he (had) a big heart,” said Elliot Schwartz, a UCLA alumnus and a close friend of Pregerson’s. “He made people feel like they had a place in his […]
Late Rosh Hashanah delays fall 2014 start, shorter winter break
Students at some University of California schools will lose a week of winter break in the 2014-2015 school year, gaining a week of summer break instead. The calendar change stems from a UC policy requiring campuses to avoid conflicts between religious holidays and residence hall move-in days, said Frank Wada, UCLA registrar. “It’s not about […]