Students can now get free cakes, muffins and cookies at the Student Activities Center as part of a new undergraduate student government initiative. The USAC Facilities Commission’s new Food Waste Recovery Program, which began last week, delivers unsold pastries from coffee shops on campus to the Community Programs Office Food Closet every morning. The Food […]
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Students react with disbelief at Donald Trump presidential election win
Donald Trump will be the next president of the United States, according to the Associated Press. The AP called the race for Trump after it projected he would win Wisconsin at 11:29 p.m. Pacific Standard Time. Students reacted with disappointment and disbelief at several viewing parties on campus. At a Community Programs Office election watch party […]
UCLA students protest against Dakota Access pipeline
More than 100 UCLA students chanted and waved signs that read, “You can’t drink oil,” and “Water is life,” on Janss Steps on Tuesday. The American Indian Graduate Students Association held a rally to protest against a gas pipe construction near the Standing Rock reservation in North Dakota, which is home to about 10,000 Sioux […]
UC SHIP rates unaffected by Affordable Care Act insurance increases
Increasing prices on health insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act will not affect student health insurance fees. Premiums for a group of insurance plans on the federal health care marketplace will increase by an average of 25 percent next year. Premiums on the exchanges have no impact on University of California Student Health Insurance […]
Sexual harassment by UC regent faces backlash from Bruin community
Several University of California students and officials condemned a UC regent for sexually harassing a former employee. UC Regent Norman Pattiz, who is also executive chairman of the radio company PodcastOne, made sexual comments about his former employee, Heather McDonald, while she was taping a commercial for memory foam bras. On the Oct. 26 episode […]
Students’ mail-in ballots signed, sealed and delivered
Some students on campus have already chosen to vote by mail instead of waiting to vote in person Tuesday. Voting by mail, or absentee voting, allows people to receive a ballot at home and send it to the county registrar whenever they want. Students said they voted by mail because it is convenient for them. […]
Josh Rosen out for rest of football season with injury
Josh Rosen will miss the rest of the season. The sophomore quarterback did not make the trip to Colorado with his team Thursday. Coach Jim Mora told a Fox sideline reporter that the quarterback is officially out for the year, per Southern California News Group’s Thuc Nhi Nguyen. Rosen took multiple hits, including three sacks, […]