Students and Westwood residents will soon be able to relax and float in simulated zero gravity chambers at an incoming Westwood business. Float Lab, which allows customers to use their flotation chambers, recently began construction and is going to open in the coming months. This will be the second location for the business, which began […]
Author Archives: Sam Hoff
Analysis says majority of Congress are millionaires
More than half the members of Congress were millionaires for the first time in history in 2012, according to an analysis of financial data by the Center for Responsive Politics. In 2012, at least 268 of the 534 then-members of Congress had an average net worth of more than $1 million, according to the analysis. […]
Westwood BID approves six new members to Board of Directors
The Westwood Village Improvement Association approved a new Board of Directors on Thursday, following the first board-wide election since the association’s founding in 2011.
Students defend professor after sit-in over racial climate
Current and former students in the Graduate School of Education & Information Studies expressed their support for professor emeritus Val Rust following a demonstration in one of his graduate classes last Thursday. Student demonstrators alleged that there is a “toxic” racial climate in the graduate school, including in Rust’s classroom. Organizers told the Daily Bruin […]
More than 30 thefts from UCLA recreation areas since September
University police are investigating more than 30 thefts in the John Wooden Center and nearby recreational areas in the past two months. Since Sept. 1, there have been 20 thefts reported in the Wooden Center, 12 thefts reported on the Intramural Field and four in Drake Stadium, said Nancy Greenstein, a spokeswoman for UCPD. In […]
Students present research as part of event for labor and workplace studies minor
Students spoke about their research on everything from rallies to workers’ rights during a Thursday event in honor of the 10th anniversary of UCLA’s labor and workplace studies minor. About 35 students and staff attended the event in the Charles E. Young Research Library that was organized by minor coordinator Elizbeth Espinoza. The meeting, called […]
New UCLA center, TV shows to spotlight health issues
She works behind the scenes to add health-based storylines to shows like “90210,” “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Army Wives.” Sandra de Castro Buffington sees herself as an inspirer, connecting research in public health to the entertainment industry, which reaches millions of people every day. Last week, Buffington joined the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health to […]