Category Archives: Campus

Jewish and Muslim student groups request kosher, halal food options on Hill

In a display of interfaith solidarity, representatives from Jewish and Muslim student groups are working to get more kosher and halal food options offered on the Hill. Halal and kosher foods are prepared to meet certain requirements of Muslim and Jewish law, respectively. The student groups, including the Muslim Student Association and the Jewish Student […]

UC SHIP may increase premiums by 20 percent to pay for deficit

UCLA students on the University of California Student Health Insurance Plan may see premium hikes of about 20 percent in the next school year to help pay for an estimated $57 million deficit on the plan, depending on final decisions made by campus chancellors later this year.

UCLA Housing responds to backpack thefts and tightens storage policy

UCLA Housing and the Office of Residential Life are requiring students to store their belongings in lockers or leave them on metal racks, now located inside the dining halls, in response to a recent string of thefts. University police recently told Housing that people were targeting the dining halls because items left outside are considered […]

Dance Marathon raised thousands to fight pediatric AIDS

The original version of this article contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. In the town where Erin FitzGerald grew up in Iowa, her dad’s condition had to remain a secret – he was HIV positive. The only time FitzGerald could openly talk about her doubts […]

Kohli Calling: Cause makes third Dance Marathon worthwhile

I slept for 17 hours straight between Sunday and Monday. How is that possible, you ask? Well, I had been standing for the 26 hours before that, so I felt I was justified to sleep from 3 p.m. until 8 a.m. the next day. I’ve now done UCLA’s Dance Marathon three times throughout college – my […]

After 26 hours, dancers find relief in cause

In their 26th hour of dancing without sleep, about a thousand people crouched down during The Isley Brothers’ song “Shout.” Chase Skillin physically could not. Unable to bend his legs because he tore a ligament in his knee nearly three weeks ago, he was one of the few people standing up, his crutches propped under […]