Westwood Neighborhood Council president to retire, reflects on term

Jerry Brown said he will remember lengthy council meetings, heated controversies and major victories as he prepares to end his final term as president of the Westwood Neighborhood Council this month. Brown, who has been president of the council since 2010, has been involved in controversial issues such as the implementation of a bus-only and […]

General education reformer, director of cluster program to retire

One of Scott Hugo’s favorite memories at UCLA was taking a cluster course with Gregory Kendrick, during which he wrote a final paper on Anakin Skywalker from the “Star Wars” films. “I’ll never forget when I handed it in, he had a little smile on his face when he referred to it as my magnum […]

Student receives award for guiding incoming students using Facebook

Winn “PenQuin” Huynh’s Facebook profile picture of a penguin, recognizable by hundreds of students, reminds him that anyone, regardless of size, can make a difference. Huynh, a fourth-year chemistry student, gives advice on the UCLA classes of 2016-2019 Facebook groups about student life and academics. This year he received the Chancellor’s Service Award, which honors […]

Abhishek Shetty: Kang must reach more students if he wants to improve campus equity

If Vice Chancellor Jerry Kang was a presidential candidate, he would be John Kasich. They’re both voices of relative sanity among the politically divisive and unconstructive noise around them that we should all make an attempt to listen to, regardless of our own views. But one difference between the two is that you know far […]

Jasmine Aquino: Perpetrators of sexual assault require more than suspension

Consequences for sexual assault incidents within the University of California have been as silent as my attacker was when I said “Never mind, I don’t want to do this. Stop.” If I have learned anything in this last year at UCLA, it is that sexual assault is still prevalent within the UCLA community. The University’s […]

2015-2016 USAC year in review

The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate body at UCLA. Former USAC president Heather Rosen led 41 weekly council meetings from May 6, 2015, to May 10, 2016. After the election of the new council, president Danny Siegel led his first meeting on May 16, 2016. Here are some […]