Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has long-term multi-billion-dollar plans to reconstruct the Golden State, extending outside of his proposed fiscal budget announced Tuesday. Last week, at his State of the State address, Schwarzenegger announced plans to rebuild and reinforce California’s infrastructure by building and rebuilding highways, schools, courthouses, jails and levees, amounting to more than $222 billion […]
Author Archives: Derek Lipkin
Village quiet after crosstown game despite USC presence in Westwood
Going into Westwood Saturday night, it was hard to tell UCLA and USC had just played their annual rivalry game. People traversed the streets of the Village just as they might every Saturday, with one or two peppy cardinal-and-gold devotees mixed in with the somber blue-and-gold fans. Last week, a Los Angeles Police Department officer […]
Blue and Gold Week aims for school spirit over rivalry
“Beat ‘SC” will be the phrase on students’ minds this week ““ though many would use a word other than “beat” ““ but the events leading up to this weekend’s football game are taking a new spin on the historical rivalry. In previous years, the series of events which preceded the UCLA-USC game was called […]
Real estate becomes interdisciplinary
Buying and selling land and properties may be foreign to many UCLA students, whose main concern might be simply making housing or apartment payments on time. But, with collaboration between the School of Law and the Anderson School of Management, the Richard S. Ziman Center for Real Estate will give students from several disciplines an […]
Halloween scares up events, not candy
Halloween has arrived, and the face of this originally Celtic tradition is very different now from when students were much younger. Trick-or-treating is no longer the predominant activity; now, some students are engaging in a variety of events to celebrate the occasion. But not all students. Halloween always falls around fourth and fifth week of […]
A closer look: UCPD covers more than just the campus
“License and registration. Proof of insurance.” As university police officer Luis A. De Vivero examined the documents he requested, the driver of a pickup truck waited patiently, pulled over in front of Burger King. De Vivero explained the situation to the driver and let him off with a warning. His right taillight was out. De […]
Jailed chaplain shares ordeal
He will never get back the time away from his family, his friends and his life as a third-generation Chinese American who had converted to Islam. Former U.S. Army Chaplain James Yusuf Yee was arrested by the U.S. and put in solitary confinement on charges of espionage, sedition and treason, among others. The charges were […]