Bruin Republicans members voiced support for the term “illegal immigrant” and expressed their concerns with the undergraduate student government at a meeting Wednesday night. The main discussion of their meeting, called “Call it what it is: Illegal Immigration,” came in response to an Undergraduate Students Association Council resolution that criticized the use of the term […]
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Bruins protest naming of new Hill commons
About 20 students rallied in the front of the new Carnesale Commons Wednesday afternoon in support of repealing California’s affirmative action ban, Proposition 209. The students protested the naming of a new building on the Hill after Albert Carnesale, who became chancellor of UCLA in 1997, the year after Proposition 209 was passed. “Today is […]
UCLA enters into campus-wide contract with Coca-Cola
UCLA will receive $15.4 million from a campus-wide contract with Coca-Cola Co., the university announced Wednesday. Currently, various parts of campus serve PepsiCo Inc. and Coca-Cola products. The 10-year agreement will consolidate UCLA’s beverage contracts and sponsorships and result in increased revenue for the university, according to the statement. Coca-Cola will now serve its beverages […]
USAC Recap – Oct. 15
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 programming fund allocations for this week with a 10-0-2 vote. Appointments The council approved Yasmeen El-Farra, a third-year international development studies […]
UCLA alumna inspires college women to Plan It Forward
Jenny Blake does not shy away from taking risks. In 10 years, the UCLA alumna took a year off from college, moved on from the first job she had at a start-up company, and left what she first considered a dream job to start her own business. Blake talked about her path to becoming an […]
UCLA political science forum to discuss government shutdown
As Congress continues to grapple with solutions to end the partial government shutdown, UCLA political science students will hold a forum today to break down the situation for students and discuss what it says about the U.S. political system. The forum, titled “The Government Shutdown: Making Sense of It All,” will feature three UCLA political […]
Student hones creativity with leather crafting
On a balmy Saturday afternoon, the third-year mechanical engineering student is hard at work – back hunched, gaze focused and callused hands tense. With a toolbox of hand-worn precision knives and fork-shaped hole punchers sprawled in front of him, he seems to be in his natural engineering habitat. He then takes the knife and digs […]