Don’t ask Karl Johansson about his favorite magazine or newspaper. Though he has been working at the Village Center Newsstand for more than two decades, he rarely reads the products he sells. For him, the job is more about forming connections with the community. “If you stand in people’s path every day for 20 years, […]
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UCLA assembles search committee for diversity vice chancellor position
UCLA officials recently formed a committee to help the university find candidates for a new diversity-related vice chancellor position. The committee will have 15 individuals, including professors, administrators, one graduate student and one undergraduate student, according to an email that UCLA Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Scott Waugh sent to the campus community on Friday. […]
UCLA commits, players selected in MLB first-year player draft
This post was updated at 8:15 p.m. When the clock started ticking for the Major League Baseball draft on Thursday, a Bruin was the first to hear his name called. Well, a potential Bruin, that is. UCLA commit Brady Aiken, a left-handed pitcher out of Cathedral Catholic High School in San Diego, was selected with No. […]
Police report attempted theft of laptop from North Village apartment
A man tried to steal a UCLA student’s laptop from her North Village apartment early Friday morning, but left after the student confronted him, university police said. The unknown man entered the student’s apartment on Kelton Avenue between Gayley Avenue and Ophir Drive at about 3:15 a.m. Friday while the student was in her bedroom, […]
UC, UAW Local 2865 reach agreement, avert finals week strike
The University of California has reached a tentative contract bargaining agreement with a union representing academic student employees, avoiding a systemwide strike planned for next week.
Gov. Brown, Neel Kashkari advance in Calif. governor’s race
About 13 percent of eligible registered voters in Los Angeles County cast their ballots in Tuesday’s statewide primary election.
UCPD arrest Congressional candidate for trespassing
This post was updated at 9:45 p.m. University police arrested a man who is running for Congress twice this week, both times for trespassing in the chancellor’s office in Murphy Hall. Theo Milonopoulos, who is running as a write-in candidate for the 33rd Congressional District, which includes UCLA, said in a press release Monday night that he […]