UCLA’s annual Relay For Life took place from noon Saturday to noon Sunday. Hosted by the American Cancer Society, the fundraising event aims to support those who have cancer and to remember those who have died from cancer. During the 24 hours, participants can take part in various activities including the lighting of lanterns. As […]
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USAC sees first independent president, lowest voter turnout in years
This post was updated May 5 at 11:38 p.m. For the first time in 19 years, students elected an independent candidate as the undergraduate student government president. This year’s Undergraduate Students Association Council election featured 16 candidates running for 12 positions, with only one slate that consisted of four candidates. All four For the People slate candidates […]
Student receives scholarship to provide health care to low-income communities
This post was updated May 9 at 5:32 p.m. Ahmad Elhaija first developed a plan for a new nonprofit organization when he was 15 years old. Five years later in April, Elhaija won a $15,000 scholarship for establishing the International Collegiate Health Initiative. Elhaija, the founder and chief executive officer of ICHI and a second-year […]
North Westwood Neighborhood Council discusses Sepi’s closure and reasons for it
Westwood stakeholders said the closure of a local sports bar was a failure as a community at a meeting Wednesday. The first agenda item of the North Westwood Neighborhood Council addressed the closure of Sepi’s, a longstanding Westwood sports bar. Sepi’s closed Tuesday after being unable to relocate. Other agenda items were tabled for later […]
Recent UCLA immunization policy change affects communication on measles outbreak
Yu Hong Hwang is vaccinated against measles. The fourth-year materials engineering student said the immunization records he sent to UCLA before coming to campus should have proved that. However, last week he received two messages from the Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center requesting his records and asking him to quarantine himself if he […]
UCPD looking for four men involved in burglary at Venice Boulevard apartments
This post was updated May 2 at 11:18 p.m. University police are searching for four men involved in a burglary Wednesday morning. Four men were seen breaking into multiple vehicles in the Venice-Barry Apartments parking garage from 1 a.m. to 7:30 a.m., according to a UCPD crime alert. The men entered at least two unlocked […]
UCLA professor emeritus pleads no contest to sexual assault charges
This post was updated May 6 at 6:14 p.m. A UCLA professor emeritus pleaded no contest to two charges of sexual assault of children under 14 years old. Thomas Fairleigh Denove, a professor emeritus in the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, was arraigned Nov. 9, according to court documents. He was charged under […]