Undergraduate student government officials are tightening their auditing policies to make sure student groups spend funds allocated to them more efficiently. The Undergraduate Students Association Council Finance Committee will now require student groups who receive USAC contingency programming funding to report how they use the money, said Cynthia Jasso, chair of the Finance Committee. The […]
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UCLA Homecoming events to fund philanthropic causes
Some of the proceeds from this year’s UCLA Homecoming festivities will be donated to campus charities for the first time since Homecoming was reinstated two years ago. At least $6,000 of Homecoming’s profits will be donated to UCLA’s official student charity, UniCamp, said Connor Brownell, Homecoming’s director of external relations and a third-year business economics […]
Keilis-Borok remembered for earthquake prediction research
Vladimir Keilis-Borok, a professor emeritus in the UCLA Department of Earth and Space Sciences and an internationally known mathematical geophysicist and seismologist, died from a heart illness on Oct. 19 at his Culver City, Calif. home. He was 92. Keilis-Borok is known for his contributions in the field of earthquake prediction and his passion to […]
UCLA to offer chemistry lab classes during the weekend
The UCLA Chemistry and Biochemistry Department will begin offering some beginning laboratory classes on the weekend next quarter in response to growing student demand.
Students rally to support student and worker rights
About 20 undergraduate and graduate students carried a coffin around campus on Wednesday to symbolically mourn what they called the “death” of student and workers rights at the University of California. The demonstrators protested past tuition hikes, increased class sizes and pay cuts for UC workers, among other issues. They also protested the recent appointment […]
Stipend raise, increased applications reduce SOOF allocations
Student groups are set to receive less funding this fall from an undergraduate student government fund dedicated to supporting them, following a spike in student group demand for funding and a drop in the amount of available funds.
UCLA student leaders worried about new sexual assault policies
Some student leaders have voiced concerns about recent changes to the Student Code of Conduct, including a portion of the code that outlines how the university handles sexual assaults. The Office of the Dean of Students implemented several updates to the code on Friday, as part of a routine revision process. Changes to the code […]