Los Angeles County Metro officials announced Monday several projects that could be funded by a half-cent sales tax increase, including an extension of the Purple Line from Westwood to Santa Monica and a train on Sepulveda Boulevard among others. The announcement comes after Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill last Wednesday which allows Metro officials […]
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Officials propose turning part of Broxton Avenue into community plaza
Westwood officials announced Wednesday that they will propose turning a portion of Broxton Avenue, including the block that houses Diddy Riese, the Regency Bruin Theater and the Regency Westwood Village Theater, known as the Fox Village Theater, into a plaza for community events. The Westwood Village Improvement Association, also known as the BID, will apply […]
College of Letters and Science counseling office to hire new advisers
The counseling office for the UCLA College of Letters and Science will hire two new advisers by the end of fall quarter in an attempt to reduce the waiting time for students seeking academic guidance. Corey Hollis, director of academic advising in UCLA College Academic Counseling, said the student population has grown by about 30 […]
ASUCLA allocates $56,000 to renovate Ackerman Union restrooms
The Associated Students UCLA plans to spend $56,000 next year to renovate the first-floor restrooms in Ackerman Union, which have not been renovated since the 1990s. The money allocated would replace all the current fixtures, such as sinks and toilets, with low-flow versions that would not use as much water, said Roy Champawat, director of […]
UCLA researchers develop camera, technique to find cancerous tissue
With steady arms, Harrison Cheng raised a camera up to a metal beam while his colleague inched slowly toward it, securing it with a screwdriver. The two researchers carefully assembled a camera arm that would hang over surgeries to take photographs of cancerous tissue. Researchers will begin to use the charge-coupled device camera in trials […]
Bunche Center hosts “Black Bruins Matter” convocation
Christine Simmons discovered her passion for social justice as a UCLA student after marching down the streets of Westwood with more than 800 fellow peers to protest the prohibition of affirmative action in California schools. Instead of attending medical school as originally planned, Simmons graduated in 1998 with a bachelor’s degree in physiological science and […]
Healthcoming event sparks little interest from students
Organizers held out fliers and offered free food to passing students Monday, asking them to stop to learn about health issues they might face in college, but most students were unreceptive to organizers’ offers. The undergraduate student government Student Wellness Commission hosted the first Healthcoming event Monday, which aimed to educate incoming students on college-related […]