Students can vote whether to pay a $3 quarterly fee that supports the Daily Bruin and other campus media organizations in the spring undergraduate student government election. The Undergraduate Students Association Council voted 11-1-0 Tuesday night to add a referendum to the ballot that aims to finance the Daily Bruin and Bruinwalk.com. Academic Affairs Commissioner […]
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UC committee addresses concerns with banks, fossil fuel investments
A University of California committee agreed to facilitate a study on the University’s investments in banks that fund private prisons and discussed other student concerns in a meeting Friday. Student Regent Avi Oved spoke to the UC Committee on Investments about concerns two student groups, the Afrikan Black Coalition and Fossil Free UC, had about […]
Gymnastics coach Valorie Kondos Field shapes more than just routines
Perched on a worn stool in the corner of Yates Gymnasium, Valorie Kondos Field bobbed her head in tune with the array of sounds blasting out of the stereo next to her. The music stopped and the gymnastics coach turned to face the chalk-covered gymnasts surrounding her, leaning in as they gestured their powdered hands […]
Chef Brad Martineau brings culinary passion to Covel Dining
Chef Brad Martineau walked out of Covel Commons dining hall’s kitchen during busy dinner hours to bring a plate of specially prepared roasted calamari and cauliflower to Kennedy Kessler’s table. Kessler, a first-year physiological science student with multiple food allergies, is enrolled in a meal program for students with dietary restrictions. Students enrolled in the […]
UCLA, Westwood community members address concerns about Geffen Academy
UCLA and Westwood community members voiced concerns about transportation and parking associated with the planned Geffen Academy at a public meeting Thursday. On Feb. 10, UCLA released a Draft Initial Study that concluded the upcoming school may increase traffic congestion in the area, but did not predict other environmental impacts. UCLA officials plan to open […]
Student reports man seen peeping into North Village apartment
University police are searching for a man who was seen peeping into a UCLA student’s North Village apartment Tuesday night. The student told police a man was looking through her apartment bedroom window on Roebling Avenue about 10:30 p.m., according to a UCPD alert. The man left after the student called UCPD and her roommate […]
USAC panel challenges stereotypes, taboo around sex addiction
Adi Jaffe sat before a group of 20 students Tuesday evening and shared a single text message from his wife that changed his life. “She said she’d found my Ashley Madison account,” said Jaffe, a psychology professor. “But it was only one iteration of a much deeper problem.” Jaffe said Ashley Madison is an online […]