Dozens of documents leaked on Facebook Monday allege that members of the undergraduate student government LET’S ACT! slate illegally spent student fee funds on their past two campaigns, sold alcohol and marijuana to raise campaign revenue and solicited money from student groups in return for representation in the slate.
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Morris Sarafian hopes to build student connections with USAC presidency
Morris Sarafian’s drive to help other people began when he worked for his mother on her real estate job at the age of 10.
Diversity forum takes steps toward equality, inclusion
Students, faculty and staff brainstormed ways to improve diversity through better discrimination and bias reporting processes and retention resources, among other ideas, at an on-campus forum Thursday. Forum organizers plan to incorporate suggestions and concerns discussed at the event in a letter to Jerry Kang, UCLA’s new vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion. The […]
Rally held to honor lives lost in Mediterranean migrant boat disaster
About 20 people held a rally on campus Wednesday afternoon to honor the hundreds of lives lost in last week’s boat disaster in the Mediterranean Sea. Over the weekend, a ship carrying hundreds of African migrants to Italy capsized, and the United Nations said it believed that more than 800 people died in the incident. […]
UC delays releasing admission data amid state funding uncertainties
The University of California said this week it will announce admission statistics a month late because it still does not know how many students it can afford to accept. The statistics are usually released on the University website in April. However, the University said it is delaying the announcement because it wants to make sure […]
CEC to hold post-film talk on ‘American Sniper’ after student outcry
Undergraduate student government officers added a post-film discussion to their Tuesday screening of “American Sniper” after dozens of students plastered its Facebook event page with concerns that the film promotes Islamophobia and glorifies war. “American Sniper,” released in January, is based on the true story of Chris Kyle, a Navy SEAL who has the most […]
Founder of Intellectual Ventures, alumnus Nathan Myhrvold to speak at commencement
UCLA alumnus Nathan Myhrvold will speak at the UCLA College of Letters and Sciences commencement ceremony in June.