Amid a fleet of electric and alternative-fuel vehicles, public transportation maps, and representatives from UCLA and the city of Los Angeles, attendees at the General Services Sustainability Fair in Bruin Plaza were able to find ways to reduce their carbon footprint on the planet.
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Student editor to keep his job
The editor-in-chief of Colorado State University’s student newspaper the Rocky Mountain Collegian will not lose his job over a recent controversial editorial, a university committee decided Thursday.
Bunche Center hosts event
At the start of every school year, Dr. Brenda Stevenson meets all the freshmen in her “Interracial Dynamics” General Education cluster and counts the fellow “brown faces” in the room.
Legislators target hefty book prices
Two separate bills proposed in Congress and the California Senate, if passed, could make textbooks more affordable for college students.
Remembering a selfless life
Dr. Mitchel D. Covel began his UCLA career in 1934, when he enrolled as an undergraduate.
UCLA students place in Miss California Pageant
When someone says “beauty pageant,” it often evokes mental images of bikini contests, backstage hair pulling, and fumbled attempts at solving world peace.
Labor leader’s name added to department’s official title
Three years after transitioning from an educational center to a full-fledged department, the UCLA Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies has scored a victory with the university in its appeal to rename the department after labor leader and civil rights activist Cesar Chavez.