Students said they think UCLA Dining’s kosher food practices could be improved.
Concerns from students include food safety practices, scarcity of options, and mixing kosher foods and foods following other religious dietary guidelines.

Student organizations went on speed dates to build cross-community relationships.
About 15 students from various student organizations met in small groups at an event hosted by the Undergraduate Students Association Council General Representative 1 office Tuesday.

The “10 Questions” lecture series, which will address a different question each week, doubles as a course for students and a panel open to the public.

Students offered both support and condemnation of a recent administrative action against a Palestinian-rights group for using UCLA trademarks in their conference logo.
UCLA administrators sent National Students for Justice in Palestine a cease-and-desist letter Oct.

Associated Students UCLA is a multimillion-dollar organization that provides student services and activities the university does not fund. It oversees the Undergraduate Students Association Council, Graduate Students Association, Communications Board, campus services and enterprises.

Noel Kim was taught at school how former North Korean leader Kim Il Sung defeated the Japanese in combat with a single pine cone.
Kim was one of four visiting North Korean refugees who shared their personal stories at “From Another World,” an event hosted by UCLA Liberty in North Korea on Monday.

A union for resident physicians at UCLA argued for improved security measures during its second bargaining session with the university Wednesday.
The Committee of Interns and Residents, a union representing over 1,200 residents and fellows at the David Geffen School of Medicine, began bargaining with UCLA on Oct.

A new conservation initiative at UCLA Library will help digitize at-risk cultural items and share them on a UCLA-hosted website.
UCLA Library announced Oct. 9 the creation of Documenting Global Voices, a program that aims to preserve endangered symbolic materials of cultures.

Students at the UCLA School of Law can now earn a specialization in environmental law.
Sean Hecht, co-executive director of the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, said that the specialization was a long-term project fueled by both student interest and administrative planning.

A new policy will create a uniform procedure for adjudicating student group violations of University policy.
UCLA Dean of Students Maria Blandizzi announced a new Student Group Conduct Code on May 22, which will create guidelines for student group operations and a board to evaluate reports against student groups.