Construction of the new Physics and Astronomy Building, adjacent to Knudsen Hall, is set to be completed early this summer after experiencing delays caused by progress on the project being slower than anticipated. The building, which was originally expected to be completed before winter quarter, will house new classrooms, laboratories and offices, mainly for astronomy. […]
Author Archives: Charlotte Hsu
Another Village shop to bite the dust
The back room of the store is filled with cases lined with black, quilted padding and stocked full of pipes that look like Vincent van Gogh paintings blown into glass, their bodies curving and iridescent. There is a pipe shaped like a dolphin, the blue and pale yellow glass molded into a nose, body, tail […]
Career initiatives dean looks to alumni for jobs
For Eric Mokover, life has come full circle. After two decades of working at UCLA Anderson School of Management ““ first as the director of MBA program admissions and then as associate dean of the program ““ last summer, Mokover was named the school’s first associate dean of career initiatives. Among other duties, Mokover oversees […]
Bruins victorious in mock trial tournament
Crosstown rivals met again this weekend as a UCLA team took first place at UCLA’s annual mock trial invitational, defeating a University of Southern California team in the championship round of the tournament. Miami University of Ohio took second place, and USC placed third. Another UCLA team placed seventh, and all five competing UCLA teams […]
UCLA hosts mock trial competition
For 36 teams from across the United States competing this weekend, UCLA’s annual mock trial invitational will be the real thing after weeks of practice. The two-day competition will be hosted by UCLA’s mock trial program, which had two teams place second and eighth in the country last year. The second day of the competition […]
Law school hosts debate on same-sex unions
The Williams Project on Sexual Orientation Law will host a three-on-three debate Monday at the UCLA School of Law, addressing whether same-sex couples should have rights recognized by the law. The debate comes three months after former Gov. Gray Davis signed legislation granting same-sex couples in California many legal rights previously available only to married […]
Pre-game party ends in fight; police deputy hospitalized
The rivalry between USC and UCLA became physical off the field when students and others taunting each other began fighting at Universal City Walk early Friday morning. The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department sent deputies to control a situation when a crowd of hundreds gathered outside the Hard Rock Café on Universal City Walk became unruly […]