Less than a week after his last meeting as Undergraduate Students Association Council president, Adam Tfayli reflected on his year in office.
Tfayli, a third-year human biology and society student from Lebanon, was the 2023-2024 USAC international student representative and served as the council’s president for the 2024-2025 academic year.

The Los Angeles City Council finalized and approved a revised version of Mayor Karen Bass’ $13.9 billion budget proposal Friday for this coming fiscal year.
The city currently faces a nearly $1 billion budget deficit caused by overspending, liability payouts, lower tax revenue, labor contracts, scheduled city official raises and fire recovery, among other factors, according to ABC7 LA.

This post was updated May 27 at 12:56 a.m.
Tim Groeling, a professor of communication, will be the 2026-2027 chair of the UCLA Academic Senate.
Senate Elections Commissioner Joseph Watson certified Groeling’s election, according to a May 21 announcement from Senate Secretary Linda Sarna.

For about a week, residents of the University Cooperative Housing Association didn’t need an alarm clock – they were roused by a rooster’s crowing.
The rooster, who was deemed “Baraaack” – after former president Barack Obama – lived in a then-vacant lot near the co-op – a student-led, nonprofit housing space – from April 6 to April 14.

Stefano Fendrich had only been editor in chief of the Daily Trojan for a few weeks when he received bad news.
The University of Southern California’s Student Life office told him the paper had a budget deficit of $80,000, print was being cut from daily to three days a week and his staff would no longer be paid, Fendrich said.

This post was updated May 1 at 10:52 p.m.
While most students share gossip in their native languages and with their dearest friends, Leo Kitaen has a different approach.

This post was updated Feb. 19 at 10:44.
Torrential downpour did not stop UCLA students, alumni and Westwood community members from attending February’s fire relief First Thursdays event.

This post was updated Feb. 2 at 9:12 p.m.
Gem-toned textiles, creamy matcha lattes and live music brought students and the Westwood community together for the UCLA Radio Los Angeles fire relief flea market Jan.

This post was updated Jan. 28 at 11:02 p.m.
UCLA Housing’s Transact Mobile app – which students on the Hill use to order meals – was unavailable Monday morning and came back online around 2:38 p.m.

Fires across Los Angeles County have disrupted UCLA operations, eliciting feelings of worry and confusion for some parents and gratitude for effective communication from the university for others.