Daniel Schonhaut – Daily Bruin

Daniel Schonhaut: _Bittersweet challenge of journalism_

Call it an occupational hazard of journalism that you’ll spend a lot of time staring at a blank Word document thinking, “Where do I begin?”

Robot surgeons

Standard surgery ““ that of large incisions, permanent scars and teams of gloved and scrubbed doctors who hover over their patients on the operating table ““ may soon give way to something else entirely.

Local residents, faculty, alumni oppose sale of the Hannah Carter Japanese Garden

UCLA’s Hannah Carter Japanese Garden, tucked among the private castles of Bel Air, is serene.

Plans for new UCLA hotel and conference center get negative responses from community

Round two of UCLA’s efforts to build a hotel and conference center on campus has begun, and public reaction to the proposal was largely negative at a meeting Monday night.

Last spring, the university scrapped plans to construct a hotel in place of the existing faculty center, due in part to outcry from professors and concerns raised by the Academic Senate.

Now administrators hope to build a scaled-down version of the project at Parking Structure 6, in between Spaulding Field and Ackerman turnaround.

The Monday meeting, which took place at the faculty center, was about the environmental impact of building at this new location.

Westwood's new Business Improvement District hopes to restore the Village

Andrew Thomas marches up Westwood Boulevard toward UCLA, stopping to point out gum on the sidewalks, overgrown trees and a Daily Bruin newsstand in desperate need of a paint job.

Separated by UCLA surgeons, previously conjoined twins celebrate 10th birthday

Nine years ago, two conjoined twins from a small village in Guatemala were flown to UCLA to receive a complicated separation operation.

Workers brace for 405 closure as emergency prepartions are being made to ease the burden of commuting throughout Los Angeles

For the more than 1,000 people who are scheduled to work at university hospitals and clinics the weekend of the 405 Freeway closure, longer commute times could become a big problem.