Author Archives: Constance Dillon

Knees shaking and hands sweating, you gather the courage to give a simple knock and hope the professor will answer his door.

In the middle of a 300-person lecture hall, a student feels his eyes get heavy as his vision blurs, and while the professor continues to mumble unintelligibly from the front of the room, the student’s head hits his chest and his pen falls to the floor.

It’s 7:20 a.m. on Sunday morning, and groups of college students are smiling and laughing as they stand together to eat a breakfast of cold waffles and tater tots in the deserted Level 1 in Ackerman Union.

Though conventional wisdom says love doesn’t cost a thing, Americans will spend over $16.9 billion to purchase red roses and chocolate boxes this Valentine’s Day.

Panelists advocated avoiding U.S. military attacks on Iran in order to stabilize the Middle East, during a discussion Thursday night hosted by the UCLA Coalition for Peace.

A panel discussing the need for increased diplomacy between Iran and the United States will be hosted tonight by the UCLA Coalition for Peace.

Many Americans today are choosing to unplug, whether by using cell phones or signing onto the Internet via personal laptops in the middle of Starbucks, and UCLA researchers say cars may be next.