Saturday, August 15

In the news:


Recipients honored with 2014 Distinguished Teaching Award

The UCLA Academic Senate recently selected the recipients for the 2014 Distinguished Teaching Award, an achievement that honors faculty members who excel at teaching. Faculty members were nominated by their departments and the Committee on Teaching evaluated each nominee during a three-month period. Read more...



UCLA Hiking Club explores SoCal one mountain at a time

Dried-up riverbeds and withered flora littered the first few miles of the Fish Canyon Narrows hiking path. As a few dozen members of the The Hiking Club at UCLA navigated the trail and entered the shadier regions of the mountain, the group chanced upon small pools of clear mountain water. Read more...

Photo: The Hiking Club at UCLA is a student group with about 1,200 members. The organization goes to the Southern California backcountry to trek. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)


ASUCLA stores now sell Homeboy Industries’ chips and salsa

Chips and salsa made by Homeboy Industries, a Los Angeles-based company that works on gang intervention efforts, is now for sale at several different on-campus shops. Read more...

Photo: Homeboy Industries’ chips and salsa is now on sale in Ackerman Union, Lu Valle Commons and the Hill Top Shop. (Sebastian Torrelio/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UC Regents to discuss May Revision, transfers to the UC

The University of California Board of Regents will meet on Wednesday and Thursday for its bimonthly meeting in Sacramento. The board oversees the UC and decides how to spend its money, sets tuition levels, handles lawsuits for the University, sets compensation for high-level employees and performs other tasks. Read more...


Toni Atkins sworn in as California State Assembly speaker

Assemblywoman Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, was formally sworn in as the 69th speaker of the California State Assembly on Monday. Atkins, a former Democrat majority leader who was elected in March, is the first openly lesbian individual and the third woman to hold the position. Read more...

Photo: Assemblywoman Toni Atkins was sworn in as the 69th speaker of the California State Assembly on Monday. She is the first openly lesbian individual and the third female to hold the position. (Assembly Democratic Caucus)