Tuesday, October 27

UCLA Dining juices up Bruin Café with new spritzers

UCLA Dining Services introduced four new juice spritzers at Bruin Café last week as part of its Healthy Campus Initiative. UCLA Dining Services officials said in a statement they began testing the new Minute Maid spritzers at Bruin Café to provide students with low-calorie drinks and promote healthy lifestyle choices. Read more...

Photo: UCLA Dining Services introduced new Minute Maid spritzers at Bruin Café to enable students to make healthy lifestyle choices. (Laura Uzes/Daily Bruin)



Proposition HHH puts housing projects for homeless on November ballot

Los Angeles residents will be able to vote in November on a measure that would build 10,000 housing units over 10 years for homeless individuals. Proposition HHH would lend $1.2 billion to developers from general obligation bonds paid by property taxes. Read more...

Photo: Proposition HHH, a November ballot measure, would build 10,000 units for homeless individuals in Los Angeles over the next 10 years. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Student regent speaks of her experience as part of National Coming Out Week

The University of California student regent spoke about her experience as a Queer Chicana student at a panel on National Coming Out Day. The event, hosted by the Queer Alliance at UCLA on Tuesday, featured Student Regent Marcela Ramirez. Read more...

Photo: University of California Student Regent Marcela Ramirez shared her experiences advocating for LGBT and gender inclusivity in higher education at a National Coming Out Day talk. (Pinkie Su/Daily Bruin)



Solar umbrellas to open up outdoor charging opportunities on campus

An undergraduate student commission is drafting a proposal to install new solar umbrellas on campus. Students would be able to charge their phones, laptops and other devices if the umbrellas are installed, said undergraduate student government Facilities Commissioner Sandra Rhee. Read more...

Photo: The USAC facilities commission plans to install new solar umbrellas, similar to the ones that were installed in Ackerman Union last year. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)


UCPD releases annual Clery crime report for 2015

More robberies were reported on or around campus in 2015 than in 2014, according to an annual university police report released last week. The statistics come from Clery reports, which describe crime on and near the UCLA campus as required by the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act. Read more...