Author Archives: Harold Lee

Eugene Poole Conser was one of UCLA’s first students and attended the university when it was still located in downtown Los Angeles. Conser passed away Sunday in his Laguna Hills home of natural causes. He was 100. Born January 30, 1904 in Minnesota, Conser went to the West Coast with his younger brother, Hugh, in […]

Amanda “Mandy” Hafleigh, a second-year American literature student, died last Thursday night in her room on the third floor of Dykstra Hall in what police say is an apparent suicide. She was 19. Hafleigh could always be known by her signature baseball hat and her infectious personality that drew people to her. “Anyone who was […]

Steven Thang Quoc Le, 2003-2004 president of UCLA’s Vietnamese Student Union, was active in bringing Vietnamese community issues to UCLA. Le died Nov. 11 of undisclosed causes in Orange County. He was 22. Born Dec. 26, 1981, in Thailand, Le was the second oldest of four children and immigrated to Orange County with his family […]

Two years after the Jane Doe incident, in which a young woman was allegedly raped in De Neve Plaza, security in the residential halls has been increased, but officials still advise taking general safety precautions to prevent sexual assault. The December 2002 incident prompted an immediate increase in the number of UCPD and Community Service […]

Though the Associated Students of UCLA Board of Directors closed the campus Taco Bell as a result of allegations of labor abuse for tomato pickers in Florida, tomatoes from the region may still be used in ASUCLA restaurants. Activists say most of the responsibility does not fall on small vendors like ASUCLA. Representatives of the […]

The Santa Monica Big Blue Bus is about to get bigger. The transit agency is planning to expand service to accommodate changes in ridership and consumer demands. But before expansion and improvement plans can be submitted to the Santa Monica City Council for approval, Big Blue Bus representatives are looking to the community for feedback. […]

With U.S. Senate elections coinciding with the presidential election, voters in a number of states, including California, will have the opportunity to elect senators this year. But many have focused so much on the presidential election that the Senate race has almost been neglected. “I haven’t been watching TV and I’ve been busy with activities,” […]