The undergraduate student government gave back about $78,500 in surplus funds Tuesday after more than 100 students protested the council’s allocations at its meeting. Last week, the Undergraduate Students Association Council allocated more than half of its remaining surplus to fund councilmember initiatives – a decision that significantly cut some student group programming funds. Read more...
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January 15, 2:13 am
USAC gives surplus allocated for initiatives back to student groups
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January 14, 12:38 am
Running dry: US and Australian officials gather to discuss water conservation
In dry, sunny Los Angeles, where most of the water supply is obtained outside the region, the possibility of an extreme global water shortage hits close to home. Read more...
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January 14, 12:25 am
UCLA creates new interdisciplinary minor focusing on East Asian studies
An international department at UCLA created a new minor this quarter focused on the history and culture of some East Asian countries. The International and Area Studies Interdepartmental Program created the minor because several students had expressed interest in that option. Read more...
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January 14, 12:22 am
Trial date set for former researcher James Enstrom’s lawsuit
A Riverside federal judge set a trial date for a former UCLA researcher’s lawsuit against the University of California Board of Regents in a Monday hearing. Read more...
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January 14, 12:13 am
USAC still searching for Election Board chair candidate
The undergraduate student government is still struggling to find a student to run its upcoming spring elections after a candidate backed out of the position last week. Read more...
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January 13, 2:30 am
Small USAC surplus halves student group funding
The original headline accompanying this article contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. An undergraduate student government fund that helps finance student group operations experienced a more than 50 percent funding decrease from last year, largely because of an unusually small student government surplus. Read more...
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January 13, 2:05 am
Panel opens discussion on Jewish community issues
Amid recent controversial events that have affected the Jewish community, prominent Jewish scholars and leaders convened at UCLA on Sunday to discuss how these issues would affect college students across the country. Read more...
Photo: Eric Fingerhut, president and CEO of Hillel, was one of the panelists in a discussion about issues that affect Jewish students on college campuses, called “Sharing a Vision for the Future of Jewish Life on Campus and Beyond.”