A nonprofit organization created by members of the UCLA community is looking for volunteers to teach English and math to students in Africa in upcoming months. Former UCLA students created One Heart Source in 2008 in response to an HIV/AIDS crisis in Tanzania. Alumnus Hori Moroaica founded the organization and is currently its CEO. John […]
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UCLA student ‘Rocks out for a Cure’ after cancer recovery
Julianna Corrao stood on a cross country course, her hands on her knees, panting. Her junior year fall season was over, and she had finished three spots away from going to the state finals. The first-year psychobiology student vowed to start preparing for her senior year cross country season. She started training again, and by […]
UCLA student robbed at university apartment
A UCLA student was robbed at knifepoint Saturday in a university apartment parking garage on Mentone Avenue, about 5 miles south of campus, police said. A man approached the student at about 2:40 p.m. as she was walking up the ramp in the parking garage of the Keystone-Mentone Apartments, near Venice Boulevard. He pulled out […]
ASUCLA offers UCLA Student Media $200,000 credit line
The original version of this article contained information that was unclear and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. The Associated Students UCLA board of directors passed a revised financial agreement at its meeting Friday that would provide UCLA Student Media with a $200,000 line of credit. The agreement, which underwent […]
UC CFO refutes accusation of interest rate swap losses
The Orange County Register published an article last Friday stating that the University of California has lost millions on risky bets on interest rates – a claim UC officials said was “completely wrong.” The article said University officials agreed to financial deals called interest rate swaps, which the paper claims ultimately cost the UC millions […]
UCLA delegates to join Mayor Garcetti on trip to Mexico
UCLA leaders will join Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti Tuesday on his first international trade mission to Mexico City, to recruit more students from Mexico to UCLA and strengthen the university’s connection to the country. The trip is part of Garcetti’s program to expand Los Angeles’ role in international trade. It is designed to promote […]
Report calls for health care for undocumented individuals
Breast cancer runs in Blanca Villagomez’s family. It struck both her great-grandmother and grandmother, but her mother, who is undocumented and uninsured, has never been screened or even consulted a doctor about the possibility of developing it herself. “If we have health care costs to think about, that means big investments for us, paychecks lost, […]