Students can now catch the Culver CityBus at Gateway Plaza near Ackerman Union. The new Culver CityBus Rapid 6 bus stop was moved Monday from its location near the Semel Institute to the plaza, formerly known as Ackerman Turnaround. Buses will also arrive more frequently in the middle of the day because students living in […]
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UCLA and USC going head to head in raising student voter turnout
UCLA and University of Southern California are competing to register students to vote with a voter registration drive this fall. The competition, which started Sept. 15, will challenge each school to register the most students to vote, according to a Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk press release. Los Angeles County registrar spokesperson Mike Sanchez said […]
Boba shop Lollicup opens new Ackerman location, replaces Relaxtation
Lollicup Fresh, a beverage and food franchise, opened a new location Thursday in Ackerman Union. The shop replaced Relaxtation, another boba store next to Wetzel’s Pretzels, which closed Sept. 1. Lollicup Fresh offers flavored milk tea, slush and smoothies, with different sweetness levels and toppings. It also offers weekly Everyday Specials drinks, such as “Smoothie […]
UCPD looking for man seen vandalizing fingerprint scanner
University police are searching for a man who was captured on surveillance video ripping out a fingerprint scanner from a UCLA affiliated building earlier this month. The video shows the man vandalizing the fingerprint scanner about 7:50 p.m. on Sept. 1 at 800 Hilgard Ave, according to a UCPD alert. Police described the man as […]
Diversity requirement continues to receive mixed responses
The diversity requirement has met both student praise and criticism since it was instituted a year ago in fall 2015. To satisfy the diversity requirement, current first-year, second-year and transfer students need to take one course from a list of courses from various diversity-related topics. There are 184 approved courses that fulfill the diversity requirement […]
Student scrutinizes meal swipes for social good
Ritvik Kharkar considers analyzing the black market for dining hall swipes a matter of social good. His analysis compiles colorful graphs with sharp spikes representing the alternating high and low numbers of swipes for sale throughout the academic year. He found students tended to sell swipes at an increased rate for less money toward the […]
UCPD on the lookout for cellphone thieves
University police are searching for two women who stole a UCLA student’s cell phone last week. The student reported she was walking on Ophir Drive about 2:15 a.m on Sept. 9. when two women approached her from behind. One of the women asked her for the time and grabbed the cellphone when the student produced […]