The UCLA Communications Board appointed Jillian Beck, a current assistant news editor for the Daily Bruin, as the editor in chief for the Daily Bruin for the 2013-2014 academic year on Tuesday night.
Category Archives: Campus
State legislature may require UC to remove student health insurance benefit caps
The state legislature may soon require the University of California to remove benefit caps currently in place under the UC Student Health Insurance Plan.
Student-initiated fee increase proposal received enough signatures to go on spring ballot
Students collected enough signatures to place a student-initiated $9.93 quarterly fee increase proposal on the ballot for the spring elections, after the undergraduate student government rejected the proposal at a meeting last week.
USAC Recap – April 9
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 – About 100 students attended the meeting for public comments. – The weekly contingency funds were unanimously approved by the council. – The council unanimously […]
ElectriCity: Online map charts LA energy consumption
From pastel to dark olive green, different neighborhoods across the Los Angeles area light up on an interactive online map. With the click of the “play” button on the map, a foliage of greens flashes on the screen, depicting changes in energy use over a period of 18 months. Researchers at the UCLA California Center […]
UCLA, Chancellor Block seeks to foster student veterans
Chancellor Gene Block announced a new initiative last week to help increase public understanding of veterans issues as members of the armed forces return home from overseas deployment. The UCLA Veterans Initiative officially started in January, when UCLA co-sponsored a veterans reception in Washington, D.C. The initiative is a yearlong effort to educate the UCLA […]
SWANA proposal under review by UC
The University of California is currently reviewing a proposal to add a checkbox on its application to allow applicants to identify as Southwest Asian or North African.