This post was updated Dec. 1 at 1:00 p.m. University of California Regent Norman Pattiz purportedly made lewd comments about pornographic films in a recording provided by an anonymous source who claimed to be in the room at the time the recording was made. In the audio clip, which was recorded in May according to the anonymous […]
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Panel at Hammer Museum discusses LGBTQ rights in blood donation
Members of the LGBTQ community on campus said they are frustrated with a federal policy that bans men who have sex with men from donating blood unless they are celibate for one year. A panel of social activists, medical, media and law experts discussed Tuesday how this one-year deferral policy strengthens discrimination of the LGBTQ […]
Student Wellness Commission begins providing free menstrual products
Students can now get free menstrual products at the Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center. Pads and tampons are available at the first-floor solutions desk and the clinic desks on the first, second and third floors of the Ashe Center. The undergraduate student government Student Wellness Commission and the Ashe Center partnered to provide the […]
Broken water main in Westwood Village floods Kelton, Midvale
This post was updated Nov. 22 at 11:13 a.m. A water main broke near Midvale and Landfair Avenues early this morning. The main flooded Midvale Avenue between Landfair Avenue and Ophir Drive. It also flooded Kelton Avenue between Gayley Avenue and Strathmore Drive, and water continued to run onto Veteran Avenue. The Los Angeles Department […]
New IT contract at UCSF to lay off current workers
Some information technology workers at the University of California are worried about losing their jobs, following the University of California’s contract with an Indian IT firm. The systemwide $50 million contract is with HCL, an India-based IT company. The contract is only being implemented at UC San Francisco, which laid off 79 IT workers and […]
USAC creates committee to discuss potential council restructuring
The results of the presidential election have opened up discussions for an undergraduate student government reform. The Undergraduate Students Association Council approved a weekly ad hoc committee to discuss restructuring USAC on Tuesday. Transfer student representative Divya Sharma proposed the reform at the Nov. 10 council meeting. Sharma said he thinks a reformed USAC structure […]
Students, faculty urge UCs to safeguard undocumented immigrants
UCLA faculty and students want to make the university a sanctuary campus for minority groups, including undocumented students. Lauren Duquette-Rury, assistant professor of sociology, penned a letter to the University of California Academic Senate that calls for the University to establish legal services for undocumented students and staff, and denounce hate speech towards all groups […]