As the school year approaches, many students are attempting to swap their allocated UCLA Housing rooms via Reddit and other social media platforms.
Throughout the summer, students are able to submit a Change of Assignment Request, which housing staff reviews, UCLA Housing said in an emailed statement.

This post was updated Sept. 21 at 10:37 p.m.
As UCLA chancellor Gene Block begins the last year of his tenure, he and his colleagues reflect on the work he has done over the past 17 years.

Dear Bruins:
A lot has happened on our campus over the past year.
Although most of your minds are undoubtedly jumping to Chancellor Gene Block’s retirement announcement or last year’s fall quarter United Auto Workers strike, here at the Daily Bruin, we’re simultaneously thinking of the hidden accounts that would have gone unreported without our investigative coverage.

The Los Angeles City Council is looking into expanding and redistricting as well as reforming the Ethics Commission.
The Ad Hoc Committee on City Governance Reform, created and chaired by Council President Paul Krekorian, heard ideas from the community on how to reform the council during an August meeting.

This father-son duo will hit new notes in September.
David Kaplan, an assistant professor in the Herb Alpert School of Music, and his father Mark Kaplan, a previous UCLA professor with distinction, will play in The Da Camera Society of Mount Saint Mary’s University’s 50th anniversary season opener Sept.

Joseph Crosby
Sports editor
Prediction: UCLA 34, San Diego State 17
UCLA football’s players are students.
They are, after all, called student-athletes.
But last week, the students became the teachers, instructing their first lesson to anyone watching the team.

A team of researchers including a UCLA associate professor has called for increased shade in low-income urban areas.
In a July commentary published in Nature by UCLA associate professor Kelly Turner and two Arizona State University faculty members, the authors discuss the phenomenon of shade deserts – areas with little to no protection from sun exposure and heat that tend to be concentrated in low-income neighborhoods.

Forbes ranked UCLA seventh in its 2023 America’s Top Colleges ranking Tuesday.
It had previously ranked UCLA sixth in its 2022 ranking.
Forbes decides its ranking based on numerous factors, including graduation rates, salaries post-graduation, retention rates, return on investment and low debt rates after graduation.

As Bruins prepare to return to campus or arrive for the first time, there are numerous organizations that can help build and strengthen connections between students and Westwood Village.

A roughly 5.1 magnitude earthquake hit near Ojai, California, on Sunday afternoon. 
The earthquake, which was felt in Westwood and at UCLA, had an epicenter around four miles southeast of Ojai, 80 miles away from Los Angeles, according to the city of Los Angeles.