Author Archives: Charlotte Hsu

Panelists gather to debate pros, cons of Proposition 64

Panelists, including a California senator, met Wednesday at the UCLA School of Law to debate the pros and cons of Proposition 64, giving law students and other voters insight into one of 16 initiatives on the November ballot. If Proposition 64 passes, it will require individuals to show they have been harmed by unfair business […]

Club involvement at Anderson beneficial for careers

Networking is the buzz word at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, and besides showing up at alumni and corporate recruitment events, it has infiltrated student life through clubs. Student organizations at the business school range from career-oriented associations to a group of about 15 dedicated to ultimate frisbee. But they’re all tied together by […]

Encore education

Twenty years after Geoffrey Kimbrough ended his career dancing ballet on center stage, the 50-year-old undergraduate says he feels invisible. “I’m old enough to be your father, and it’s the same with everybody else in class. I don’t instantly attract a study group. Nobody knows quite what to do with me,” says Kimbrough, one of […]

[A Closer Look] Book dude delivers savings to Bruins

The book dude arrives on campus early Saturday afternoon, doling out textbooks to students from a black SUV parked in front of Ackerman Union. Dressed in a blue, short-sleeved button-up shirt, khakis and sandals, Steven Sun, who owns bookdude.com, is unfazed by the slow business that day. Students get lazy on weekends, he says with […]

UCLA uses its own creation to fight illegal file-sharing

With a homemade system in place to sanction students accused of breaking copyright law, UCLA is going against the tide of an increasing number of colleges and universities using technology to prevent students from illegally sharing files. About 30 to 40 colleges and universities in the United States are using a product created by Los […]

Weyburn Terrace suffers delays

Correction appended University apartment residents are questioning UCLA Housing’s management of a new Westwood project after construction delays forced the department to place single students in a families-only complex this summer. Ninety-five single graduate students lived at one point this summer in University Village, a gated complex on Sawtelle Boulevard about four miles south of […]