Young boy scouts and girl scouts stood in front of John Wooden, striking poses with their arms crossed and stern gazes. They came across his statue after deciphering the clues in a scavenger hunt, an interactive campus tour which was part of Bruin Scouts College Day, Bruin Scouts’ biggest event of the year. Bruin Scouts […]
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United Arab Society’s culture night aims to educate about conflicts
Growing up in Saudi Arabia, Jodutt Basrawi was not interested in learning about his Arab heritage. But after visiting family in Syria in 2011 – at the beginning a series of protests and revolutions in the Middle East called the Arab Spring – the second-year geology student became passionate his Arab identity. Basrawi and other […]
Three UCLA students to receive humanitarian award
Three UCLA students will be awarded the Charles E. Young Humanitarian Award on Thursday for their contributions and commitment to community service projects. The Charles E. Young Humanitarian Award was created in 1986 by students, faculty and staff to recognize and encourage students who serve in their communities. Recipients are awarded a $1000 donation for […]
USAC votes to extend voting period for election to Friday
The undergraduate student government voted at its meeting Tuesday night to extend the voting period for next week’s election to run until Friday afternoon. Polls will now open Tuesday at 9 a.m. and close Friday, May 9 at noon, keeping voting open on MyUCLA for 75 continuous hours. Election results will be announced at 4 […]
Participants in UCLA Relay for Life raise over $130K
Energy levels dwindled, but spirits were not broken as participants walked around the track in the last hour of UCLA’s Relay for Life event Sunday.
Students hope to make People of Color Tour more accessible
Morris Sarafian has taken several tours of campus, but before Wednesday he never stopped to look at the 1965 plaque honoring Martin Luther King Jr. at the bottom of Janss steps. The second-year political science student was surprised to learn that the plaque commemorates a speech Martin Luther King Jr. made in 1965 supporting the […]
UCLA alumna, supporter of science Marjorie Crump dies at 89
Marjorie Eloise Lund Crump, a UCLA alumna and loyal supporter of the sciences at the university, died of natural causes on April 1 in Trumbull, Conn. She was 89. Crump’s family and friends remember her for her kindness and devotion to her family. “When you met Marjorie, you were captured by her friendliness and you […]