UCLA’s undergraduate student government appointed Morris Sarafian, a third-year political science student, to the University of California Student Association Board of Directors late last month. Sarafian serves as a director at Bruin Lobby Corps, which encourages students to lobby for higher education issues. Read more...
Campus, News, Student Government
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July 7, 7:48 am
Q&A: UCSA board member Morris Sarafian speaks on goals for student lobbying
Campus, News
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July 7, 7:42 am
New course aims to help students transition into UCLA
A new course meant to help students transition into life at UCLA and provide information about university resources will be offered during Summer Session C and fall quarter. Read more...
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July 7, 7:42 am
UCLA to put up gender-inclusive signs for certain campus restrooms
UCLA will change the signs on about 20 single-stall restrooms over the summer to make them gender-inclusive. The initiative, which some students in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community started pushing for more than three years ago, is meant to make some students feel more comfortable using campus restrooms. Read more...
A Closer Look, News
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July 7, 7:41 am
Saludos de Salamanca: A homecoming in a Spanish city
I shook awake as the tour bus pulled to a stop at a crosswalk. “Chicos, welcome to Salamanca,” Carmen, our resident director, said in her endearing Spanglish. Read more...
Photo: (Yael Levin/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Campus, News
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July 7, 7:38 am
Former professor and noted economist Michael Intriligator dies at 76
Michael Intriligator, a noted UCLA economics and public policy professor emeritus who helped build the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations during his career, died on June 23 after a long battle with leukemia. Read more...
Photo: Michael Intriligator, a noted UCLA economics and public policy professor, died on June 23 after a three year battle with leukemia. He was 76. (UCLA Newsroom)
Campus, News
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July 7, 12:42 am
Ackerman Union sees opening of new optometry center
The Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center opened a new student optometry store in Ackerman Union on Tuesday, doubling its selection of glasses and making its optometry services available to faculty and staff for the first time. Read more...
Photo: U See LA Optometry, a new store on the B-level of Ackerman Union, opened last week to students, staff and faculty. (Brandon Choe/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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July 7, 12:35 am
Money Talks: UCLA pays thousands of dollars in fees for notable speakers
Hillary Clinton’s $300,000 UCLA paycheck for a speech in March has caught the attention of news outlets and students across the nation in the past week, prompting the Daily Bruin to take a closer look at the fees for UCLA lectures by other notable individuals in recent years. Read more...
Photo: Hillary Clinton was paid $300,000 to speak in a Luskin Lecture for Thought Leadership in March. Other prominent speakers have come to UCLA in recent years, charging a wide range of fees.