Election Board officials for the undergraduate student
government said last spring’s general election results were
not compromised by bloc voting though election statistics released
this week show several individual Internet Protocol addresses
contributed numerous votes.

After a record of 43 student groups were denied base budget
funding by the Undergraduate Students Association Council, a record
12 groups appealed the council’s decision.

This year about 50 students will have the opportunity to learn
about student government hands on by interning for the
Undergraduate Students Association Council.
The internship can be a steppingstone to a council position, but
council members say USAC is focused on increasing awareness about
the issues that face student government rather than on recruiting
potential council members.

In response to severe budget cuts to outreach programs at the
state level, the undergraduate student government approved the
transfer of $10,000 to the Student Initiated Outreach
Committee.

For many UCLA greeks, affiliation with a fraternity or sorority
does not end when their degree requirements are complete.
After graduation, students stay connected to their houses in a
variety of ways.

Though Westwood apartment rates increased steadily in the 1990s,
there are some signs that a recent leveling off of prices could
continue in the coming year.

Marcus Rosner, who was born and raised locally, recalls the
Westwood of the late 1940’s, when parking meters on
Westwood Boulevard took
pennies instead of quarters and his mother would take him to
Will Wright’s ice cream parlor on weekends.

City councilman Jack Weiss met with concerned Westwood business
owners Thursday to discuss the possible yearlong closure of Glendon
Avenue to accommodate a development project.
The project, proposed by Casden Properties, would be a $100
million residential and retail facility, located at Glendon and
Tiverton avenues.

Wiggum’s Roadhouse, a restaurant and bar, will open
Saturday at the old site of Madison’s Neighborhood Bar and
Grill, which closed last year.
Although the new restaurant will occupy the same address on
Broxton Avenue as Madison’s did, it will have little else in
common with the old establishment, said Leigh Slawner, the new
owner.

After living in Los Angeles nearly 50 years, Shelley Taylor,
founder of the North Village Improvement Committee, will leave
Westwood next month in favor of a slower-paced life in the Pacific
Northwest.