Saturday, April 25

LA mayoral candidate proposes doubling size of city council

Los Angeles City Attorney and 2022 mayoral candidate Mike Feuer is pushing for a ballot measure to double the size of the LA City Council. Under Feuer’s proposal, the number of city council members would increase from 15 to 30. Read more...

Photo: Los Angeles may see its city council doubled in size under mayoral candidate Mike Feuer’s plan to increase the number of council members from 15 to 30. If the proposal receives enough signatures, voters will consider it on the November 2022 ballot. (Lauren Man/Daily Bruin senior staff)




UCLA Store, Operation Hat Trick raise funds for veterans’ organizations

The UCLA Store partnered with Operation Hat Trick to sell apparel in support of the UCLA Veteran Resource Center. This year, the UCLA Store collaborated with Operation Hat Trick to offer a limited merchandise collection in support of the UCLA Veteran Resource Center, according to a Nov. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA Store partnered with Operation Hat Trick to raise money for the Veteran Resource Center on campus. (Sakshi Joglekar/Assistant Photo editor)


Armenian Image Archive aims to illuminate Armenian experience via photography

The Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA partnered with a film foundation to create an image archive to recognize and celebrate decades of Armenian photography. The Promise Armenian Institute signed an official memorandum of understanding with the Armenian Film Foundation in April, said Hasmik Baghdasaryan, deputy director of the Promise Armenian Institute, in an emailed statement. Read more...

Photo: A boy carries a loaf of bread in the Armenian city of Gyumri in a photo from “Aftermath: The Armenian Earthquake of 1988,” an exhibition presented by the Armenian Image Archive. (Courtesy of Asadour Guzelian)


Transfer students vocalize frustration with slow process of transferring credits

Many transfer students consistently face issues enrolling in upper division courses that require prerequisites. Transfer students at UCLA who have taken lower-division courses at other institutions of higher education have expressed frustration that these courses have not transferred over to MyUCLA, the enrollment system the university uses, said Herman Luis Chavez, the Undergraduate Students Association Council transfer student representative. Read more...

Photo: UCLA transfer students often face issues enrolling in upper division courses that require prerequisites fulfilled at other institutions of higher education. (Ashley Kenney/Photo editor)


Restaurants to stop providing single-use plastics unless requested by customer

Single-use plastic utensils and napkins will no longer be offered at restaurants in Los Angeles unless customers directly ask for them. A Los Angeles City Council ordinance took effect Nov. Read more...

Photo: The Los Angeles City Council passed an ordinance requiring most food service providers and restaurants in LA to only offer disposable utensils at customers’ request. (Photo illustration by Ashley Kenney/Photo editor)