Hours before the sun rose and Los Angeles traffic congested roadways, a group of UCLA student volunteers drove 150 miles to run a medical clinic in a small community on the outskirts of Tijuana, Mexico. Read more...
Photo: Becky Barber and Lyolya Hovhannisyan, fourth-year neuroscience students, celebrate the one-year anniversary of Flying Samaritans at UCLA. (Courtesy of Crystal Lin)
Associated Students UCLA is working to reduce its spending on utilities, after a significant increase in costs in recent years. In the past two years, ASUCLA exceeded its utilities budget, which includes costs for Ackerman Union, Kerckhoff Hall, Lu Valle Commons, the North Campus Student Center, the Court of Sciences Student Center and portions of the bills for other buildings like Pauley Pavilion and Drake Stadium. Read more...
Photo: Ramon Rigual, an ASUCLA electrician, shows new cost-saving LED lights bulbs that are being installed in several ASUCLA buildings. (Neil Bedi/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The University of California Board of Regents approved a plan last week to develop a new research campus in Richmond by 2050, raising concerns with some residents about its potential economic impacts on the community. Read more...
The Grand Challenges Undergraduate Research Scholars Program, a new yearlong undergraduate course that focuses on research about sustainability and the environment in Los Angeles, will be offered starting in the next academic year. Read more...
Members of the Daily Bruin and the undergraduate student government election board debated at a Monday hearing about whether the board has authority over non-paid media elections coverage. Read more...
Photo: Election Board External Relations Chair Gabrielle Scheder-Bieschin questions a witness at a Judicial Board hearing Monday. (Neil Bedi/Daily Bruin senior staff)
An unfinished documentary outlined the experiences of one former UCLA student’s struggle to access higher education as an undocumented individual. The film was shown in Campbell Hall Friday night to commemorate undocumented student advocates Cinthya Felix, the subject of the film, and Tam Tran, the film’s maker. Read more...
Photo: Community members gathered Friday at Campbell Hall for a vigil to commemorate two former UCLA students who participated in IDEAS. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin)
Members of the Associated Students UCLA Finance Committee discussed the future of Student Media and strategies to improve its finances at their monthly meeting Friday. Members of the ASUCLA Services and Enterprises committee and the Communications Board brainstormed about how the groups can work together to improve their finances. Read more...
