Author Archives: Jed Levine

Ten years after genocide in Rwanda left 800,000 dead, a new film about one of the heroes who rose from the tragic event was screened at the Laemmle Music Hall in Beverly Hills in conjunction with the UCLA African Studies Center. Several special guests were brought in to speak after the film, including lead actor […]

The white fences that once contained a twisting line of hungry students at Campus Corner have been unusually empty this week as Shorty’s Subs finishes its first week of operations following the recent contract termination and departure of Taco Bell. Despite the loss of Taco Bell, once the second-most popular eatery on campus with about […]

Both had reserved their respective upscale ballrooms in anticipation of a celebration, and as it neared 11 p.m., the glitz of the rooms began to fade as both Democrats and Republicans focused on the battleground state of Ohio. Sen. John Kerry supporters came together at the Manhattan Beach Marriot with Starbucks’ mochas and Coors Light […]

Though he’s only in the fifth grade, visiting UCLA for the 16th annual All Hill Halloween on Wednesday was nothing new for Anthony Diaz. Diaz has often visited his mother, Ana Guerrero, who works as a housekeeper in Rieber Hall. After finishing work at 3:30 that afternoon, Guerrero drove home to help her son prepare […]

This Saturday will be UCLA’s second annual Community Service Day, when dozens of student organizations and hundreds of students will come together to work on various service projects in the West Los Angeles area. Participants will choose between volunteering at two different senior citizen centers, painting a homeless shelter, a beach cleanup at Venice Beach, […]