Sunday, August 16

In the news:

Owners of Westwood sandwich shop Ike’s Place sued

A real estate company that owns buildings in Westwood sued Ike’s Place sandwich shop to evict the restaurant’s owners for failing to pay rent for its location in Westwood Village. Read more...

Photo: The owners of Ike’s Place sandwich restaurant on Westwood Boulevard are being sued for failing to pay rent. (Brandon Choe/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Jewish Voice for Peace launches new chapter

Several Jewish students launched a new UCLA chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace, an organization dedicated to stopping Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, this week. Students formed the new chapter after the Undergraduate Students Association Council voted down a controversial resolution in February calling for UCLA and the University of California to divest from companies that profit from the Israeli occupation of Gaza and the West Bank. Read more...





ASUCLA representatives inform students about association

Student government officials hosted a meeting with an undergraduate representative from Associated Students UCLA in hopes of educating students about the association. Joel Ontiveros, an undergraduate representative on the ASUCLA Board of Directors and a fifth-year communication studies and world arts and cultures/dance student, introduced students to the basic functions and goals of ASUCLA at the event. Read more...


FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg to speak at UCLA Friday

Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg is scheduled to speak at UCLA Friday to give insight into the agency. Mark Weiner, a spokesman for the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, said the event will focus on Hamburg’s career and the future of the FDA. Read more...