University police will start handing out $200 tickets to bikers and skateboarders whizzing through Bruin Walk next week. UCPD officers have stopped students on wheels this past week and given warnings for violating dismount zones to let students know about the change. Tickets for violating the dismount zones are at least $200 and can be […]
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USAC secures funding for Circle of 6 campus safety app
A UCLA-specific campus safety application for smartphones will soon be available to students, after more than a year of attempts to secure funding by UCLA student leaders. The app, called Circle of 6, allows students to easily contact six preselected people in the event of an emergency. The app gives students the option to send […]
USAC to look for SOOF reforms that can keep fund viable
Student groups will receive about $100 less on average from an undergraduate student government fund this fall. The Undergraduate Students Association Council voted unanimously to allocate the funds at its meeting Tuesday night. The Student Organizations Operational Fund decreased by about $35,000, continuing a trend of decreasing SOOF allocations. Because of this, 206 student groups […]
State Senate candidate Sandra Fluke to hold Reddit Ask Me Anything
A candidate for the 26th State Senate district will take questions from the UCLA and West Los Angeles communities on Reddit Monday night, eight days before the general election. Sandra Fluke, a human rights lawyer and advocate, will participate in a Reddit Ask Me Anything, or AMA, session, facilitated by Daily Bruin staff and organized […]
UC partners with state health agencies to treat Ebola patients
In a partnership with the state health agency, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, among other University of California medical centers, will treat Ebola patients if needed, the University said Friday. “As a public university, we want to make sure we are stepping up in a public health crisis like this,” said UC spokeswoman Brooke Converse. […]
USAC election candidates sanctioned for submitting late expense reports
The undergraduate student government Election Board barred two candidates from fliering on campus for all of Thursday after they did not report their campaign spending totals on time. Though they spent about $1,700 campaigning in total, transfer student representative candidate Negeen Sadeghi-Movahed and general representative 2 candidate Sofia Moreno Haq reported that they did not […]
GSA to hold election to fill vice president of internal fairs position
The graduate student government unanimously approved a two-week-long election calendar Wednesday night to fill the vice president of internal affairs position.