More than a dozen UCLA students traveled to Washington, D.C., this weekend to protest potential cuts to the federal Pell Grant program and to participate in a national student legislative conference. The House and Senate budget proposals passed last week would freeze maximum Pell Grant awards for students at the current $5,775. President Barack Obama […]
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Olympus issues new scope cleaning guidelines after superbug outbreak
The manufacturer of medical scopes linked to last month’s superbug outbreak at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center released new cleaning guidelines for its scopes Thursday. At the UCLA and Cedars-Sinai medical centers, the superbug spread among patients from contaminated duodenoscopes made by Olympus Corp. of the Americas even after hospitals said they followed the […]
UCLA men’s basketball preps to face strong Gonzaga offense in Sweet 16
HOUSTON — Bryce Alford rose up for a 3-pointer and released, only to watch the ball clank off the side of the rim. The next shot hit the front of the iron. A puzzled look crossed the sophomore guard’s face as he glanced around at the towering black curtains draped behind the basket and the […]
UCPD looking for suspects in thefts from North Village apartments
University police are searching for two men wanted for stealing a laptop and wallet from two Westwood apartments last week. According to a UCPD statement, a student told police that a laptop was stolen from his apartment at 512 Glenrock Ave. about 4 a.m. on March 13. Another student reported that about an hour later, […]
Election Board deems FIRED UP! ineligible following late application
The FIRED UP! slate is not allowed to run candidates in the upcoming undergraduate student government election, after four students submitted their candidate application packets seven minutes past the deadline. Undergraduate Students Association Council Election Board Chair Shagun Kabra said the applicants submitted the online portion of their applications at 11:53 a.m. on Friday, seven […]
Honors collegium class students present proposal to ban microbeads
A picture of brightly colored chemical tubes filled with microbeads reminded Jiwei Zhang that he rubbed those small plastic beads in his face for two years during junior high school. But these photos were not advertising face washes that promised clearer pores or fresher skin. They were referring to the potentially toxic effects the tiny […]
ASUCLA restaurants to consider composting program
Associated Students UCLA restaurants may begin composting leftover food and paper packaging this year in locations such as Ackerman Union and Lu Valle Commons.