Many UCLA fraternities will have one year to ban hard liquor from their events and houses due to a national ban passed at this year’s North-American Interfraternity Conference. The ban requires fraternities such as Alpha Epsilon Pi, Beta Theta Pi and Delta Lambda Phi to prohibit drinks with an alcohol content over 15 percent by […]
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California Assembly advances bill requiring 100 percent clean energy by 2045
This post was updated Sept. 12 at 12:49 p.m. California legislators passed a bill Aug. 28 that will require the state to generate 100 percent of its electricity from renewable and zero-carbon sources by 2045. Senate Bill 100 accelerates California’s current renewable energy goals. The state will generate 50 percent of its electricity from clean […]
Board of Neighborhood Commissioners certifies bylaws and boundaries for NWWNC
The Board of Neighborhood Commissioners approved the borders and bylaws for the North Westwood Neighborhood Council at a Monday hearing, thereby certifying it as the 98th neighborhood council in Los Angeles. The NWWNC’s borders will include the UCLA campus, the North Village and Westwood Village. The new council will oversee local policies and neighborhood planning […]
WWNC requests for LA council member’s veto of new neighborhood council’s borders
The Westwood Neighborhood Council wants a Los Angeles City council member to veto the decision on the official borders of a new neighborhood council. The WWNC created a motion Aug. 8 requesting Councilmember Paul Koretz of District 5 to veto a motion on the decision of the Board of Neighborhood Commissioners hearing Monday. The BONC, […]
Student files lawsuit against UCLA fraternities, alleging sexual assault
This post was updated Aug. 31 at 10:25 p.m. A UCLA student filed a sexual assault lawsuit against two UCLA fraternities, the UCLA Interfraternity Council and a former student on Aug. 10. Zeta Beta Tau, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, the IFC and former ZBT member Blake Lobato are facing charges of negligence, assault, battery and intentional […]
UC workers demand halt in outsourcing to companies that support Trump’s immigration policy
The University of California’s largest employee union released a statement urging the Board of Regents to divest from businesses who work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement or support implementing President Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance” and family separation policies. AFSCME Local 3299 made a request in late July for the UC to divest from contractors profiting […]
UCLA crosses $4.2 billion fundraising goal, lags behind in scholarship funding
UCLA has only met 44 percent of its Centennial Campaign subtarget for student support despite eclipsing a $4.2 billion fundraising goal 18 months ahead of its original deadline. Upon hearing about the Centennial Campaign’s progress, some students were critical about the lack of scholarship fundraising. “It’s a little bit shocking to hear the distance between […]