Author Archives: Jessica Chung

The sound of the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles and Vox Femina Los Angeles Women’s Chorus was heard across Bruin Plaza on Wednesday evening, kicking off the grand opening celebration of the newly located Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender campus resource center. “This center is a physical acknowledgement of the LGBT community, the value of […]

Last year, Annie Kong’s room in Hedrick Hall was so cramped with three beds and three desks that her roommate had to climb on top of her own desk to reach her bed. “If you put your arms out on either side, you wouldn’t be able to make a full circle because you’d hit the […]

With the recall election a week away and neither Tom McClintock nor Arnold Schwarzenegger looking to drop out of the race, the Bruin Republicans are hard-pressed to decide which of the two GOP frontrunners to endorse. The question of who to endorse has gained even more significance in light of the California Republican Party’s decision […]

Site development for the new Rieber West residence hall will begin today with the demolition of the building’s parking lot, turnaround and dining hall loading dock. Fences delineating this construction zone for the first phase were put up Thursday. Phase 1 consists of the preparation of an alternative access route to Rieber Hall and the […]

Though a committee was created two years ago to address gender imbalances in the UCLA faculty, there are still proportionally fewer women in tenured positions than there were a decade ago ““ despite the fact that close to half of all doctorate degrees granted to U.S. citizens in 2002 were given to females. “Twenty years […]

The combination of UCLA’s fast Internet connection and the ease of finding just about anything online results in a temptation to download songs and movies ““ a temptation that many students cannot resist. Although the number of students downloading copyrighted songs has decreased noticeably since the Recording Industry Association of America’s June announcement that it […]

With the first phase of construction of the 294-space Dykstra Hall parking structure now visible, students residing on the Hill are comforted by the prospect of increased parking in the near future. “Finally. There were only about 30 spots in the Dykstra parking lot for everyone in De Neve and Dykstra. It’s about time they […]