Cal State Northridge upsets No. 12 UCLA women’s basketball

With just over a minute to play and UCLAleading by one, the ball found Cal State Northridge’s freshman Marta Masoni 28 feet from the basket. The guard/forward launched a deep three-point attempt, then coolly watched it rattle in to seal the game. Behind their tenth three ball of the night, the Matadors (6-4) downed the No. […]

Professor emeritus honored with lifetime achievement award

Paul Terasaki, professor emeritus of surgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, recently received a lifetime achievement award from the Los Angeles-based University Kidney Research Organization for his work in science and medicine. The University Kidney Research Organization, which began in 2002 in Los Angeles, raises money to fund research for kidney disease. […]

New program to lower monthly payments for federal student loans

A new federal student loan repayment program, which is estimated to reduce monthly payments for more than 1.6 million college students and borrowers, will launch Friday. Income-based repayment loan plans currently require students with outstanding loans to contribute 15 percent of their monthly income toward their loans, according to Daily Bruin archives. The new program will […]

Judge postpones trial decision in UCLA lab death case

The decision on whether UCLA chemistry professor Patrick Harran will go to trial regarding the death of a UCLA lab assistant in a 2008 lab fire has been postponed until February, according to Harran’s lawyer. Sheharbano “Sheri” Sangji, a UCLA research assistant, died from burns sustained in a 2008 lab fire while not wearing the proper protective gear. Last year, the […]

Student robbed on Kelton Avenue early Friday morning

A UCLA student was robbed near the 600 block of Kelton Avenue early Friday morning, according to university police. At about 1:30 a.m., the student was walking northbound on Kelton Avenue when a man came up to her and tried to take her belongings from her hand, according to a UCPD report released Friday. When she resisted, the man reportedly slapped […]