Some business owners in Westwood said they think a new city recycling program costs too much and has neglected to pick up their trash. RecycLA, a program launched in July 2017 to promote recycling and reduce waste within the city, provides commercial properties with opportunities to recycle, which includes additional recycle bins and rebate systems […]
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Alumna awarded Medal of Courage for aiding victims of Las Vegas shooting
Brittany Speer and her family visited Las Vegas in October expecting to attend a country music concert. Instead, they found themselves in the midst of an unrelenting hail of gunfire. On Oct. 1, a lone gunman shot and killed 58 individuals attending the Route 91 Harvest music festival in Las Vegas and wounded over 800 […]
New student program fights food insecurity, prevents dining hall waste
Students will be served free leftover food from the Hill’s dining halls, tentatively starting Feb. 15. Student organizations Hunger Project, Swipe Out Hunger and Students for Students partnered with UCLA Dining Services to launch Bruin Dine, which will distribute leftover food from De Neve, Feast and Covel dining halls in the Kerckhoff State Rooms from […]
Chemical smell triggers fire alarms, evacuation in Ackerman Union
This post was updated Feb. 5 at 6:19 p.m. Students were evacuated from Ackerman Union on Monday after a chemical smell originating from the Engineering V building triggered fire alarms. The smell came from a substance in a laboratory in the Engineering V building, said Steve Jurado, the assistant fire marshal at UCLA. He added […]
GSA discretionary fund director receives blame for funding delays
Several Graduate Students Association groups are blaming the association’s fund director for delaying funding allocations to them. Graduate student interest groups, including the Black Graduate Student Association, Hispanic Latinx Graduate Students Association and the International Graduate Students Association, said they did not receive money for their events because their funding requests were not approved on […]
UCLA Transportation partners with uberPOOL to create flat-rate promotion
Students can travel anywhere within a five-mile radius from campus for a flat rate of $5.99 starting Thursday. To use the service, students will need to register or update their Uber accounts with their UCLA emails and apply a promotion code, which is available on the UCLA Transportation website and will also be sent out […]
UC, CSU campuses collaborate in new procurement system partnership
California’s two main public university systems recently teamed up to create a joint process for buying equipment, supplies and services across 33 campuses. The University of California and California State University launched a new software platform for procurement called California Universities Sourcing in December and have begun training for UC and CSU staff. Procurement is […]