Tim Yu and Susie Kim spent $70 to buy tickets to a nightclub party hosted by Kim Kardashian in Las Vegas. They ended up arriving late and missing the party. That experience made them realize they needed to make better financial decisions and led them to create Pluto Money, a mobile application that aims to […]
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Horace Mann UCLA Community School adds ninth-grade class
About 40 students started high school as the inaugural ninth-grade class at the Horace Mann UCLA Community School last week. Horace Mann, which originally taught only sixth to eight grade, added the ninth-grade class as part of a February agreement between the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies and the Los Angeles Unified […]
Campus drag show highlights student performers, drag culture icons
Drag queen Roxxxy Andrews walked sensually across the Northwest Campus Auditorium stage, wearing a black leotard, short skirt and stilettos, flirting with the audience with every step. As she approached the aisles, students stood up and roared with cheers as they illuminated her with glow sticks and camera flash lights. Roxxxy Andrews’ three performances Thursday […]
Indus at UCLA to host first annual UC-Wide South Asian Conference
More than 100 South Asian students from University of California campuses will come to UCLA this weekend to discuss what it means to be South Asian. Indus at UCLA will host the first annual UC-Wide South Asian Conference in 20 years on Saturday and Sunday. Attendees will discuss different facets of South Asian identity, including masculinity […]
All Hill learning centers switch to Wepa printing kiosks
Printing kiosks have replaced all printers in learning centers on the Hill as of Friday. UCLA Residential Life replaced the old printers in all of the residential learning centers with Wepa printing kiosks, which allow students to print files uploaded from cloud services like Google Drive and Dropbox. There will be no changes to the […]
Faculty advisor shares experience of having pet alpacas
Erik Schweitzer drove his two pet alpacas, Sage and Rosemary, to a cathedral to get them blessed and to celebrate the day of the patron saint of animals, St. Francis, in October. “There were lots of dogs and some cats but the alpacas were the standout attraction,” he said. The cathedral isn’t the only place […]
Westwood Community Council recap – Jan. 18
The Westwood Community Council meets several times a year to discuss issues relevant to the Westwood Village business and residential community. Discussion Janet Turner, field representative and constituent services of Congressman Ted Lieu, said the post office recently improved training for mail carriers and the Enterprise Customer Care system, which helps accurately locate packages. People […]