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Students and faculty play pickup soccer
Every Tuesday and Thursday students and faculty meet at the North Athletic Field to play a game of pickup soccer. Hear from some of the players, including a graduate student and a lecturer.
Occupy UCLA protesters spend night in Wilson Plaza, camp mostly cleared by late morning Friday
Six Occupy UCLA protesters spent Thursday night in Wilson Plaza without disturbance.
Internet entrepreneur Jessica Jackley chosen as 2012 College of Letters and Science commencement speaker
Jessica Jackley, co-founder of Kiva.org and Internet microloaning entrepreneur, has been selected as the commencement speaker for the 2012 College of Letters and Science graduation ceremony.
Kiva.org, which Jackley helped found in 2005, is a website that allows Internet users to lend money to entrepreneurs around the world in order to help them jumpstart or expand their small businesses.
Jackley also co-founded and served as CEO of ProFounder, a site which provides U.S.
Updated: Occupy UCLA remains in Wilson Plaza through the evening
About 30 Occupy UCLA protesters huddled around nine tents and a chalkboard in Wilson Plaza throughout Thursday afternoon as part of a nationwide day of action to push for higher education and social services.
MECha de UCLA demonstrates against racial discrimination on campus
About 100 students lined Bruin Plaza Thursday afternoon waving signs that read “Brown & Proud” and “Actions speak louder than words” to protest discrimination against minorities on campus.
Apartheid wall does not facilitate healthy dialogue on Arab-Israeli conflict
This week, as Palestine Awareness Week takes place at UCLA, the pro-Israel community braces for sound bites, such as “apartheid state” and “occupation.” Meanwhile, campus organizations hope for the publicity and exposure they believe such an issue truly deserves. What’s more important, however, is not what they’re saying but how they’re saying it.