Students now have access to 10 new printers on the Hill 24 hours a day. The Residential Life learning centers and UCLA Housing and Hospitality Services collaborated to implement printing kiosks at various places on the Hill over winter break, said UCLA spokesperson Rebecca Kendall. They are in all the learning centers on the Hill, […]
Author Archives: Erica Drake
Cosmetic dentist and UCLA alum brings smiles into the spotlight
Bill Dorfman transformed people’s smiles through dental surgeries when he was featured on the television show “Extreme Makeover.” “What I realized is, when you save a lot of teeth, you save a smile,” Dorfman said. “And when you save a smile, a lot of times you save a life.” [Related: Common fear of dentists can […]
Student pushes for better careers, labor practices in apparel industry
Maryam Shehata saw factory employees crowded into poorly lit rooms, working even through their breaks, when she walked through a manufacturing company in Hong Kong. “In general, there was an atmosphere of disconnect,” said Shehata, a third-year gender studies student. “There was no eye contact (between supervisors and employees) as we toured the factory, which […]
Active Minds seeks to provide support in the midst of deaths on campus
About 15 students gathered around glowing candles in Royce Quad on Friday night to express their feelings about the recent deaths on campus. The undergraduate student government committee Active Minds held an event called Community Healing Space in response to the death of a 63-year-old man who fell from the Biomedical Library. Two weeks prior, […]
Student draws from personal experience to advocate for Bruins with children
Zehra Abbas spent her second year at UCLA hiding her belly after she found out she was pregnant. “I hid my pregnancy with jackets because I was under the impression that there was something wrong with me,” Abbas said. Abbas’ family worried she wouldn’t be able to manage motherhood and her education at the same […]