Wednesday, February 25

Hillel allows students to exchange meal swipes for kosher food

Students can now use their meal plan swipes to get kosher food at Hillel at UCLA’s building on Hilgard Avenue. Rabbi Aaron Lerner, the executive director at Hillel, announced the program Thursday on Facebook. Read more...

Photo: Students can now use their meal plan swipes to get kosher food at Hillel at UCLA’s dining facility. (Daniel Leibowitz/Daily Bruin staff)


Q&A: Chancellor’s immigration advisor talks undocumented student assistance

The Chancellor’s Advisory Council on Immigration Policy will hold a town hall Thursday to inform students about the steps UCLA is taking to support undocumented and international students. Read more...

Photo: Abel Valenzuela, special adviser on immigration policy to the chancellor and a Chicana/o studies professor at UCLA, recently sat down with a Daily Bruin reporter before an immigration town hall that will take place Thursday. (Michael Zshornack/Photo Editor)


BruinBus to add new stops, modify routes to improve service quality

BruinBus plans to change its routes and add additional stops starting April 16. BruinBus, a year-round bus service students and faculty can use to travel around campus and areas near UCLA, will operate two new routes in clockwise and counterclockwise loops, according to UCLA Transportation. Read more...

Photo: BruinBus, which provides year-round transportation to students and faculty traveling around campus, will be adding new stops to its routes starting April 16. (Daily Bruin file photo)



IT Services staff member remembered for kindness, dedication, leadership

UCLA staff members remember Ricardo Garcia for being a caring leader who was a mentor to his colleagues. Garcia, a staff member in UCLA Information Technology Services who worked on campus for almost 20 years, died in February. Read more...

Photo: Ricardo Garcia, a staff member in UCLA Information Technology Services who worked at campus for almost 20 years, died in February. (Courtesy of Louisa Ovanesian)


UCLA to reduce College Academic Mentor employee benefits

Graduate students who provide academic counseling to undergraduates say a university-mandated reduction in their job benefits will impact the quality of their services. College Academic Counseling told graduate students who work as College Academic Mentors on March 16 that starting next year, they will no longer be eligible for the fee remission and healthcare benefits they currently receive. Read more...

Photo: College Academic Mentors provide academic counseling services for about 18,000 first- and second-year undergraduate students, and advise students who are interesting in applying to graduate school. (Daily Bruin file photo)


California Supreme Court rules alumna can sue UCLA for 2009 stabbing

The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday in favor of letting a UCLA alumna who was stabbed by a fellow student in 2009 move forward with a lawsuit against the university. Read more...

Photo: The California Supreme Court overturned an appeals court decision to reject a case between UCLA alumna Catherine Rosen and the University of California Board of Regents. Rosen sued the UC for negligence after she was stabbed by another student while in a chemistry lab in 2009. (Daily Bruin file photo)



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