When he was 8 years old, David Liu traveled to Taiwan to visit family, including his aunt who owned a store. Not so unusual, really, except that what would likely have been for many kids just another family vacation turned into a career inspiration for Liu. “I was really captured by the thought of having […]
Author Archives: Julia Erlandson
Founder of UCLA education minor dies at 65
James Bruno, a UCLA education professor, died July 11 of cancer. He was 65. Bruno, who had been a faculty member since 1968, helped found the university’s education minor. The minor is housed in the Graduate School of Education & Information Studies. Much of Bruno’s scholarship focused on creating effective administration and leadership in urban […]
Group claims it attempted bombing
An animal rights group claimed responsibility Wednesday for a recent attempted bombing of a UCLA faculty member’s home. According to a press release by the North American Animal Liberation Press Office, the Animal Liberation Front said it had placed an “incendiary device” on Lynn Fairbanks’ Bel Air doorstep in retaliation for her involvement in animal […]
News brief: Farmers’ market moves west of Westwood
The Westwood Farmers’ Market opened Thursday at the Veterans’ Garden on Sepulveda Drive, three months after the Westwood Village Farmer’s Market, which had been around for 12 years, closed in April. Over the summer, the new market location will operate Thursdays from 1 to 7 p.m. The market’s hours for the school year have not […]
Westwood apartments burglarized
Los Angeles police have turned their attention to Westwood for the second time in just a few weeks after there was a series of burglaries and attempted burglaries in local apartments. According to a Los Angeles Police Department community alert, police on June 17 received reports of three hot prowl incidents ““ burglaries while the […]
Westwood buildings vandalized
Los Angeles Police Department officials are keeping a close eye on the Westwood area after a recent string of hate crimes was reported in the area earlier this month. Between May 7 and June 6, several Westwood buildings were vandalized in what police are calling hate crimes, which consisted of graffiti writing targeting certain races […]
[ORIENTATION]: Changing landscape on Hill
Three years ago, basketball courts next to Rieber Hall were a popular place for students who lived on the residential Hill to catch a pick-up game with their friends. Today, those courts are gone, replaced by Rieber Terrace and Rieber Vista, two new residence halls with more than 300 rooms each. These additions are two […]