UCLA students expressed both their encouragement and concern for the Westside subway extension at a Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority station-planning meeting on Nov. 5, highlighting students’ current need for more efficient transportation.
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UCLA hosts Model UN conference
High school students from California, Arizona, Washington and Mexico donned their suits and created solutions for international problems at the 17th Annual Los Angeles Model United Nations Conference hosted by UCLA’s chapter this weekend.
Kaiser donates to UCLA health equity center
Kaiser Permanente recently donated $5.2 million to the UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity to allow the center to continue its efforts to equalize health disparities.
USAC rallies for Cal and Pell Grants
Bright red, blue and yellow balloons spotted the Cal and Pell Grant rally on Thursday, representing students’ worries of the possibility of the program’s elimination.
Billionaire to donate $100 million for reopening of Martin Luther King Jr. Hospital
On Oct. 29, the Chan Soon-Shiong Family Foundation announced it would give a $100-million underwriting guarantee to the proposed partnership between L.A. County and the University of California to reopen the Martin Luther King Jr. Hospital in south Los Angeles.
UCLA student balances school and single motherhood
It’s an early Wednesday morning, and 5-year-old Paloma is sitting on the sofa watching “Clifford the Big Red Dog.”
She’s grabbed a box of Corn Pops and is eating them out of the bag while her mother, Nancy Gamboa, 26, gets ready in the bathroom.
Gamboa has only a limited amount of time before she has to walk her daughter to the University Village day care center where Paloma will stay until closing time at 5 p.m.
Hanson to lead ‘Take the Walk’ at UCLA to fight AIDS and poverty
Students can help fight HIV/AIDS and poverty in Africa just by taking a walk.