Westwood residents debated adding a new soccer field to Westwood Park at a meeting Thursday. Hundreds of residents packed the Westwood Recreation Center to discuss a plan to replace a large portion of an open grass field with a fenced, public regulation-size synthetic soccer field named after Tommy Mark, a youth soccer player who died […]
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Amendments to housing, residential councils’ constitution include change to stipends
Residential student officials can receive increased retroactive pay this year following constitutional changes to officials’ stipends. The On-Campus Housing Council and the Resident Government Council, which oversee student representative governments on the Hill, approved the retroactive pay increase when ratifying their new governing document Feb. 26. The OCHC is an executive board that oversees UCLA […]
UCLA professor emeritus sentenced to eight years in prison for sexual assault
A former UCLA professor was sentenced to eight years in state prison for sexually assaulting two children for several years. Thomas Fairleigh Denove, a professor emeritus in the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, was sentenced to six years – the minimum sentence – for one count of long-term sexual abuse of a child […]
UCLA doctor involved in wrongful death lawsuit after overprescribing medication
A UCLA doctor was named in a lawsuit for the wrongful death of his patient after allegedly prescribing her a drug at more than twice its maximum recommended dosage. Patrick Yaffee, a doctor at UCLA Health, allegedly overprescribed Maria Isabella Steele a drug to lower cholesterol and did not inform her of its side effects, […]
CARE program undergoes transition period in search for new director, staff
The director of UCLA Counseling and Psychological Services will serve as interim director for a campus assault resource program. Nicole Green, CAPS executive director, will serve as interim director for the Campus Assault Resources & Education program while the program searches for a permanent hire, said Suzanne Seplow, assistant vice chancellor of student development. CARE […]
UC Board of Regents votes to increase nonresident tuition by $762 per year
The University of California Board of Regents voted to increase nonresident student tuition by $762 per year Thursday. The UC Board of Regents voted 12-6 in favor of increasing nonresident supplemental tuition by 2.6% on the third day of its May meeting at UC San Francisco. The increase will bring nonresident supplemental tuition from $28,992 […]
Anthropology guest lecturer accused by students of encouraging anti-Semitism
Students said they think a guest lecturer for an anthropology class promoted anti-Semitic ideas Tuesday. Rabab Abdulhadi, an Arab and Muslim ethnicities studies professor at San Francisco State University, delivered a guest lecture to roughly 100 students in Anthropology M144P: “Constructing Race,” which focuses on race and racism and is taught by Kyeyoung Park, an […]