Author Archives: Charlotte Hsu

Friends and co-counselors of Tai Phan, the UCLA student who died over winter break, will start the first of what promises to be a regularly occurring event in his honor. Unicamp will host the first annual Tai “Yoda Bruin” Phan Campership Barbecue on Jan. 28. Yoda Bruin was Phan’s special name, chosen by himself while […]

UCLA student Tai Phan died in a car accident on Interstate 5 while driving through King’s County on Dec. 19. He was 21. Phan, who was described by friends and family as a lover of life who never took anything for granted, was driving home to San Leandro for the holidays. As a sociology student, […]

While their peers are busy filling out final exam booklets and bubbling in scantrons during finals week, some students will be acting, performing, making music ““ and having fun. For students like music student Sonnet Simmons, the final assessment of the quarter will lie, literally, at their fingertips. Simmons’ final in her jazz keyboard class […]

Students striving to find more meaning in statistics should be able to enroll in a double course winter quarter catered to that need. The double course will consist of Comparative Politics taught by political science professor Dan Posner, and Statistics and Data Analysis taught by political science professor John Zaller. Although each course will have […]

Students contemplating a pre-health major will be given a chance to explore that possibility this coming Sunday at the pre-health festival being hosted by the Student Welfare Committee. The event, which will take place in Young Hall CS50 at noon Sunday, will feature a roundtable discussion that will include four professionals in different health fields […]

Herbert Weiner, professor emeritus at UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine, died Nov. 12 of lung cancer at his home in Encino. He was 81. Weiner was a psychiatry professor at UCLA from 1982 up until his retirement last year. He wrote a number of books as well as training programs, and trained post-doctorate fellows […]

Touring professor Omar Ali spoke to students at Franz Hall Thursday night about reforming the current political system to include the voices of ordinary citizens and about the importance of participating in politics. Two students attended and were given a chance to meet and speak personally with Ali. Ali is a member of the Independent […]