The L.A. County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to close Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center’s trauma unit, dealing a blow to community leaders and other protestors, including UCLA medical students, who fought to keep it open. Four board members voted to end trauma services, with only Yvonne Burke, who represents the area, abstaining. Inspectors […]
Author Archives: Charlotte Hsu
Many professors are published authors too
Sitting in the living room of his Hollywood Hills home Wednesday morning, English Professor Lawrence Grobel gushes about a course he teaches on interviewing. He pulls four books on the subject from a nearby shelf and piles them onto a table. In his left hand, he holds “The Art of the Interview,” 450 pages thick, […]
Forum considers election’s impact on gay rights movement
Panelists speaking Monday evening at the UCLA School of Law analyzed the impact of gay rights issues on the Nov. 2 election, and discussed possible directions the movement can take given that voters banned same-sex marriage in 11 states this month. While six speakers presented diverging opinions, the message they had for the public was […]
Plans for Village lack student input
Beneath its often quiet sidewalks, Westwood is rumbling, as two new multi-million dollar developments hope to add business in the Village. But despite a lengthy city planning process chock full of public hearings, many students may still be asking what hit the Village when construction starts. With over 35,000 attending class at UCLA, students are […]
Bruin Activists detail experiences
Watching returns from the dormitories on election night, first-year UCLA student and Republican campaign volunteer Brent Canter had to hold back his excitement as the networks hinted that President Bush could maintain a narrow lead in Ohio. Across the country in Washington D.C., fourth-year UCLA student Michelle Singer was glued to the same news programs […]
Mishaps costly to Weyburn Terrace
Construction delays on university apartments in Westwood continue to cause problems for UCLA Housing, which estimates it could lose millions of dollars in rent this year as units remain unfinished. Housing Director Michael Foraker said the staff assumed the Weyburn Terrace housing project in the Village would be complete by the beginning of the school […]
Dancing debated after Cuban restaurant proposed for Westwood
An Alhambra architect is hoping to open a Cuban restaurant in Westwood next spring, but he may face an uphill battle because of a dance floor drawn into the plans. The history of dancing in the Village is a turbulent one, with homeowners and other community leaders butting heads with store owners who believed they […]