UCLA Residential Life and the Association of Chinese Americans at UCLA hosted the Lunar New Year Festival at the Palisades Room in Carnesale Commons on Monday. The event consisted of food, games and performances by various cultural organizations such as Taiwanese American Union’s a cappella group, Chinese Cultural Dance Club, Hanoolim and ACA Lion Dance. […]
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Photo: Unexpected alpacas outside Haines Hall
About 15 students swarmed around two alpacas next to Haines Hall on Wednesday night. Erik Schweitzer, associate research neuroscientist at the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, brought his two pet alpacas, Sage and Rosemary, to his three-hour long class to cheer students up. He tied the alpacas to the fire hydrant beside […]
UCLA professor dies, remembered for contributions to anatomy teaching
Carmine Clemente was one of the first UCLA professors in the ’70s to be more than a lecturer. He would prioritize interacting and engaging with students at a time when most professors simply stood in front of their classes to teach. Clemente, a distinguished professor emeritus of neurobiology, died on Nov. 11 at the age […]
Photo: ‘Build-A-Bruin’ event contributes to children’s hospitals
Sproul Hall hosts teddy bear philanthropy for children’s hospitals
Professors cancel, postpone midterms in wake of election
Some professors made changes to their classes and assignment deadlines Wednesday due to the election results. Many students said they were disheartened by the election results. To give students time to work through their feelings over the outcome, some professors postponed midterms, extended paper deadlines or canceled classes. [Related: Campus lockdown disrupts final exams, class […]
Undercommons holds anti-Trump event Wednesday after election results
Students wrote emotional messages on the ground with chalk at a “Fuck Trump” event held Wednesday. About 50 students attended the event organized by the student group Undercommons at Janss Steps from 10 a.m. to noon. The Undercommons is an organization on campus that holds educational sessions on topics such as racism, sexism and Islamophobia, […]
Photo: Bruins for Healthcare gets pied in the face for a good cause
Students de-stressed by throwing pies on other students’ faces Wednesday. Bruins for Healthcare held an event from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Dickson Court where students that were stressed from midterms or needed to release frustration got to pie the organization’s board members in the face. Bruins for Healthcare is a student organization that […]