Helen Singleton and Neville Garrick stood proudly in front of the oldest piece of student art in Ackerman Union, a floor-to-ceiling mural that was – until recently – covered by a false wall. The mural, titled “The Black Experience,” was officially unveiled Wednesday night after it was covered more than 20 years ago during a […]
Author Archives: Nico Correia
California senate approves $13 minimum wage bill
This post was updated at 8:17 p.m. The California Senate approved a bill Thursday that would raise the minimum wage in the state from $8 an hour to $13 an hour by 2017. Senate Bill 935 was introduced by Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) and would raise the minimum wage to $11 an hour in […]
Parking structure on Broxton may eliminate monthly passes
Westwood’s only public parking structure, on Broxton Avenue, may soon eliminate monthly parking passes depending on the results of a possible study by the Los Angeles Department of Transportation. A recent motion by Los Angeles city councilmember Paul Koretz aims to commission a study about the Broxton parking garage to review how eliminating the monthly […]
UCLA Anderson School of Management applicants increase
Applicants to the UCLA Anderson School of Management’s full-time MBA program increased by about a third this year, something officials attribute in part to a shorter application process. The business school received more than 4,000 applications for the 2014-15 year. Last year, applications to the full-time program numbered 3,124 and 356 students enrolled in the […]
Spoken word poet sheds light on incarceration, jails
He’s dressed in all black, with his hood over his head. In the background, a darkened street appears on a screen behind him. He lifts his hood up, and the lights come on. “Things are often not what they seem,” he begins.Bryonn Bain, a prison activist and spoken word poet based in Brooklyn, N.Y., opened […]
Watts Tutorial Program collaborates to improve playtime for adolescents
UCLA students ran, jumped and giggled as they played a variety of elementary school games on Saturday afternoon. The games were part of a workshop for the tutors of the Watts Tutorial Program, which serves low-income elementary to high school students within the Watts and William Mead areas of Los Angeles. This year, the program […]
UCLA faculty member and family find a home on the Hill
Faculty-in-residence Rashmita Mistry feels like family to some of her students. One of her residents, Tatev Papikyan, said Mistry was the first professor she formed a personal relationship with – something she didn’t expect on such a large campus. “In community college I had very hands-on professors who put a lot of time into teaching, […]