Undergraduate student government leaders look toward a senate model to increase advocacy positions on the council.
The Undergraduate Students Association Council’s current model of governance — a commissioner system that tasks commissioners with specific missions and administrative functions — was not created to advocate for students, said Alexander Berry, a staff member at the USAC Office of the President.

The undergraduate student government is recruiting campus organizations to join a board to advise the student government’s policies.
The Congressional Advisory Board, which was formed over the summer, is made up of student groups from around campus, such as the Afrikan Student Union, Samahang Pilipino and the Transfer Leadership Coalition.

UCLA is considering terminating two scholarships offered by a Confederacy heritage group.
The United Daughters of the Confederacy’s California Division currently offers two scholarships to students at the University of California who are descendants of either a Confederacy veteran or a Confederacy veteran’s sibling: the Lulie C.

In the face of a crisis, Club Sandwich found a new way to feed those experiencing homelessness.
The newly established organization, created by third-year communication student Kira Loren, is feeding those who experience homelessness in Westwood as it attempts to connect the UCLA community with its surrounding city members, she said.

Zoom sessions have never been funnier.
The Shenanigans Comedy Club at UCLA is adapting to social distancing orders to keep their audiences, and each other, laughing.

Finally, English courses where students can study viral memes and TikTokdance challenges.
The UCLA English department is currently offering three Fiat Lux courses centered around COVID-19.

Take a stroll down Vermont Avenue and encounter the Church of Scientology, the first Sikh temple in Los Angeles and an LGBTQ ministry.
In an effort to spread awareness about religion in Los Angeles, the Fowler Museum’s curator of Latin American and Caribbean popular arts Patrick A.

Nothing is more terrifying than a full bladder and a long line to pee.
Directed by graduate student in fine arts Paloma López, the six-minute film “Pee” highlights the uncomfortable social situation through Maya, a shy girl who needs to pee during a warehouse rave event.

Rex Orange County treated everyone as his best friend as he took to the sunflower-filled stage of his Los Angeles show.
The English singer played at the Shrine Auditorium on Friday night as a part of his “The Pony Tour” for his latest album “Pony.” The stage was set with bushes and flowers on a playful green pasture as a sky covered by cartoon clouds floated still on a backdrop.

The stars aligned when Mariella Solano first got the idea of owning an astrology-themed jewelry business.
The second-year political science student launched her jewelry business, Soluna Jewelry Co., on Instagram last month to help pay for her college expenses and has already garnered over 100 sales.