Former Election Board member against shorter voting period

A former member of the undergraduate student government election board is formally challenging the current board’s decision to shorten the election voting period. Next week, the Undergraduate Students Association Council Judicial Board plans to review a petition calling for the current elections calendar to be extended. This year’s voting period shrunk from four days to […]

Anderson, LaVine formally declare for NBA Draft

After making their intentions to declare for the NBA draft clear following UCLA men’s basketball’s exit from the NCAA tournament, Kyle Anderson and Zach LaVine made things official Wednesday. Anderson, a sophomore guard/forward, received first-team All-Pac-12 and third-team AP All-American honors this season, averaging 14.6 points, 8.8 rebounds and 6.5 assists per game. “I’ve said time […]

UC helps advancement of Thirty Meter Telescope project

The original version of this article contained multiple errors and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. The University of California has committed millions of dollars and administrative manpower in recent years to build its biggest technology project yet – a 30-meter-diameter telescope that will capture and detect light to […]

NCAA allows student-athletes unlimited meals, snacks

In a “loosening” of the NCAA rules, the NCAA Legislative Council approved a handful of reforms to address the needs of Division I student-athletes on Tuesday, according to a statement by the NCAA. Among the new legislation, both scholarship and walk-on student-athletes will be allowed unlimited meals and snacks from their respective schools. Previously, student-athletes […]

Change in law requires UCLA to hire more disabled workers

The University of California and UCLA now have to improve their efforts to hire more people with disabilities, after recent changes to a 40-year-old law. The UC sent out its first voluntary staff-wide survey earlier this month that allowed employees to identify as a person with or without a disability. The survey marked an initial […]