If passed by the graduate student body, the first referendum would increase funding for the financially struggling Graduate Writing Center by raising graduate student quarterly fees $1.50 per quarter – from $4 to $5.50. Additionally, the referendum will tie future quarterly fees to inflation. Read more...
Campus, News, Student Government
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March 7, 12:27 am
GSA spring ballot to include fee increase and advisory referendums
Campus, News
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March 6, 7:19 pm
GSA votes to place fee increase referendum on spring ballot
The original version of this article contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. The graduate student government voted to place a fee increase referendum on the spring ballot, at its meeting today. Read more...
News, Westwood
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March 6, 1:03 pm
Koretz holds onto LA City Council 5th district
Incumbent Paul Koretz was re-elected to the the Los Angeles City Council for the 5th District, which includes Westwood and UCLA. Koretz led his challenger, Westwood Neighborhood Council board member Mark Herd, with 74 percent of the total 23,107 votes counted, according to the L.A. Read more...
Photo: Paul Koretz, the current councilman in the 5th District, and Westwood Neighborhood Council member Mark Herd faced off in a debate Tuesday.
News
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March 6, 12:07 pm
Garcetti and Greuel to advance to runoff election for LA mayoral seat
Candidates Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel will advance to a runoff election in May for the L.A. mayoral seat, after both failed to garner a majority of the vote in Tuesday’s primary election. Read more...
Campus, News
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March 6, 3:38 am
NomCalm is a new app that monitors dining hall crowd levels
As a resident on the Hill about 2 1/2 years ago, Te Luan remembers having a hard time finding open tables in the often-crowded dining halls. These experiences later inspired him to develop the idea for an app to help students save time while eating in the dining halls. Read more...
Photo: Steven Beck, a first-year computer science and engineering student; Lee Rubinoff, a fourth-year business economics student; and Te Luan, a UCLA alumnus, recently created a new iPhone application that allows users to check how crowded an eatery is on the Hill before they go.
News, Westwood
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March 6, 3:32 am
Councilman Paul Koretz receives majority of initial votes for 5th District
Councilman Paul Koretz received a significant majority of the initial votes counted in the city council election for the L.A. 5th District, which includes Westwood, as of 11 p.m. Tuesday night. Read more...
News, Westwood
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March 6, 3:16 am
Garcetti and Greuel likely to advance to run off election
As of press deadline Tuesday night, L.A. mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti held a 5 percent lead over Wendy Greuel in the city primary election results for the next mayor. Read more...