The UCLA community lost a professor, scholar, mentor, author and friend last Saturday, Oct. 19, when Harry Kitano, emeritus professor of social welfare, passed away. He was 76. Kitano’s 37-year professorial career in social welfare and sociology was spent entirely at UCLA, beginning in 1958 and ending with his retirement in 1995. Kitano was a […]
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Queer Alliance hosts Coming Out Day carnival
“I’m so gay, I can’t think straight.” Phrases like this, scrawled in chalk all around campus, make many students aware of National Coming Out Day. The day commemorates Oct. 11, 1987 when half a million people marched on Washington for gay and lesbian equality. Today, events are taking place all over the country, and a […]
Education Abroad Fair is here today, gone tomorrow
The world is at UCLA students’ fingertips today in Ackerman Grand Ballroom on the second and final day of the first-ever Education Abroad Program fair. Each country available for study will have a table staffed by students visiting from that country or those who have studied abroad there, said Emily Mohajeri Norris, the administrative director […]
Roma Cafe receives “˜C’ grade
The pop quiz of the restaurant world took Espresso Roma Cafe by surprise on Aug. 27. Its health and safety inspection resulted in a two-day closure and reopening with a “C” grade. The coffee shop in The Anderson School at UCLA scored a 71 (out of 100) on their last inspection, said Akiko Tagawa, a […]
Administrators juggle policy, students, research
To teach or not to teach ““ for Brian Copenhaver, that was the question. Copenhaver made the decision last Friday to return to teaching after his second term as provost of the College of Letters & Science ends. The debate over whether to spend more time interacting with students or trying to improve education via […]
Courtside construction to repair water damage
Two hundred and five double rooms are unavailable to students living on campus this year as Courtside, a part of Sunset Village, undergoes a $6.5 million renovation for water damages and cosmetic improvements. The project began in August and is projected to continue until June of next year, Angela Marciano, the associate director of organizational […]
College of L&S head to resign in June
After ten years of service Brian Copenhaver, the head of UCLA’s largest college, will step down from his role in administration to return to teaching this June. Copenhaver, provost of the College of Letters & Sciences, made his decision public last Friday, to the surprise of some and disappointment of many. In a letter to […]