UCLA starts each year off with a bash ““ Bruin Bash. The event, which includes a concert and a dance, has been part of the Welcome Week tradition since 2003 and is designed to usher continuing students back into the swing of things and welcome new students. For some new students, traditions that occur at […]
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Diddy Riese prices go up a quarter
Though a dollar bill used to be enough, students craving a late-night ice cream sandwich-fix from Diddy Riese Cookies now have to dig in their pockets for an extra quarter. The Westwood staple on Broxton Avenue raised the price of its ice cream by 25 cents Monday, bringing up the cost of an ice cream […]
Bruins toast right to same-sex marriage
Hundreds of people filled Bruin Plaza on Friday, spilling onto the steps and roof of Ackerman Union, to watch Patricia Alford-Keating, a UCLA Student Psychological Services counselor, and her partner, Shannon Lea Keating, rededicate their lives to one another in a public ceremony. The event, which included the ceremony for Alford-Keating and Keating, was put […]
Sustainability committee to boost campus dialogue
The seed of sustainability has grown at UCLA over the past year and now it is branching into the chancellor’s office. As part of an effort to continue to educate students about the importance of sustainability, Chancellor Albert Carnesale recently signed a charter establishing the Campus Sustainability Committee as a permanent advisory body to his […]
Rally sheds light on sexual violence
Alternating between cheering loudly and crying freely, survivors of sexual assault and their allies shared their stories Thursday night and vowed to put an end to the violence. They had gathered in De Neve Plaza for Take Back the Night, an annual rally put on by the UCLA Clothesline Project during Women for Change Week. […]
A Closer Look: Project puts sexual violence out on the line
Hundreds of men and women at UCLA aren’t ashamed to hang their laundry out for all to see. For some, hanging clothes may be nothing more than a chore, but for others, it is a step toward healing. It’s all part of the UCLA Clothesline Project’s annual display of T-shirts designed by and for victims […]
Shedding light on sexual violence
Correction appended Stanley Green is no stranger to domestic violence. His then-wife once attacked him in an L.A. County parking lot, leaving him with lacerations, contusions and internal injuries including skeletal damage and a misaligned rib cage. When police arrived on the scene, Green said they assumed that she was the victim, especially after she […]