A volunteer organization on campus aims to help students gain firsthand experience in the medical field. The UCLA Care Extender Program is located at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center and UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica, and consists of over 1,000 volunteers in about 50 departments. The program is made up of students from schools across […]
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Submission: Financially punishing BruinCard replacement charges call for more tolerance
It is possible your mom threw it away, thinking it was trash. You could have also dropped it down the crack between the floor and elevator shaft. Perhaps you lost a broken one on the way to getting it fixed. Or maybe you forgot you were holding it, became frustrated or surprised, and snapped it […]
Meat Your Seoul brings Japanese-Korean fusion dining to Westwood
A new restaurant in Westwood is fusing Japanese- and Korean-style food customers can cook themselves. Meat Your Seoul, a Japanese-Korean Fusion restaurant, opened in early November on the corner of Gayley Avenue and Kinross Avenue, where KONY Pizza closed earlier this year. John Chung, co-owner of Meat your Seoul and previous co-owner of KONY Pizza, […]
Editorial: DeVos’ Title IX policies will hinder reporting of sexual misconduct
Combating sexual misconduct on college campuses just became a hundred times harder. U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ misunderstanding of higher education has resulted in yet another attack on essential university guarantees – this time Title IX policies governing how universities handle cases of sexual violence and harassment. DeVos proposed rules earlier this month that […]
Editorial: Paul Koretz’s inflammatory comments confirm his failure to represent Westwood
For years, UCLA students lived with the fact that their Los Angeles city council member doesn’t care about their basic needs. They now also have to live with the fact that their elected representative thinks some of them are terrorists. Paul Koretz, the three-term city council member who represents City District 5, which includes Westwood, […]
UC Regents recap – Nov. 15
The governing board of the University of California met for the third day of its November meeting at UC San Francisco on Thursday. The Board of Regents discussed resolutions honoring Gov. Jerry Brown and Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson, a framework for a multiyear plan and the UC’s budget for 2019-2020. Board of Regents […]
Editorial: UCPath needs to pave a smoother road for University employees
Step one for creating a payroll system: make sure it works. That’s where we seemed to have lost the University of California. After four years of delays and mishaps, you would be forgiven for thinking the worst was over for the UC Payroll, Academic Personnel, Timekeeping and Human Resources. The University has touted UCPath for […]