TULSA, Okla. — Red filled the stadium. “Boomer Sooner, Boomer Sooner! OK, U!” roared the crowd. Not every great season can have a fairy-tale ending and for the Bruins, the volume of the fans sure didn’t soften the blow of that sudden realization. No. 11-seed Oklahoma upset No. 3-seed UCLA 4-3 in the NCAA Division I […]
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Campus clubs work together to promote student voter registration
Student groups and University of California campus officials are working together to register students to vote for the California primary election before the Monday deadline. Yara Hejazi, registration director of Vote for our Future, or V4F, and third-year political science student said he thinks student groups aim to address low voter turnout for young people. […]
Officials consider proposal to name intersection after David Geffen
Westwood community leaders expressed mixed reactions about UCLA’s proposal to rename a Westwood Village intersection after David Geffen. The Westwood Neighborhood Council, an advisory board for Westwood to the Los Angeles City Council, and the Westwood Community Council, which meets several times a year to discuss Westwood issues, both discussed the proposition to install the […]
Volunteers seek to improve patient safety at UCLA medical centers
During a typical volunteer shift at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Melinda Ng patrols the clinic floors to ensure nurses, physicians and surgeons wash their hands with soap for at least 15 seconds before rinsing. Ng, a fourth-year biochemistry student, is a leader of Measuring to Achieve Patient Safety, or MAPS, a student organization that […]
Professor named interim vice chancellor of Academic Personnel Office
UCLA officials appointed a professor as interim vice chancellor for the UCLA Academic Personnel Office last week. Michael Levine, a professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences at the David Geffen School of Medicine, will replace Carole Goldberg on July 1. Levine was a special assistant to the vice chancellor and gave Goldberg advice about faculty […]
New state budget proposal allocates $29M more to UC
Gov. Jerry Brown released a revised state budget proposal Friday that allocated about $29 million more funding to the University of California than his January proposal did. The budget, presented at a Sacramento press conference, will now allocate $25 million to accommodate for the increase in enrollment of at least 5,000 more students for the […]
Wooden Center plans to use referendum funds to extend gym hours
The John Wooden Center plans to extend its operating hours to 24 hours on weekdays using funds from the Social Justice Referendum, a UCLA official said. Students voted last Friday to pass the Social Justice Referendum, an initiative that increases quarterly student fees by $24.99, effective fall 2016. An amount of $1.75 per student per […]