Sonny Desai hurried through North Village late Monday night, trekking through the frigid wind. Instead of taking shelter indoors, Desai, a third-year economics student, delivered a printed PowerPoint document to a student on Kelton Avenue. Kotu Printing, a startup company Desai helped found, delivers printouts of emailed documents to professor’s mailboxes and students on campus […]
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UCLA student enlightens international conference about ‘the Dark Side’
Ani Khashadoorian started her fall quarter in Denmark, giving a presentation about Darth Vader’s morality to an audience of graduate students. Khashadoorian, a fourth-year English and philosophy transfer student, spent two quarters last year writing a research paper, titled “On The Evil Soul,” that used popular villains to examine the relationship between morality and intention. […]
SJP rallies as part of International Day of Action for Palestine
Several dozen students from the organization Students for Justice in Palestine at UCLA held a rally outside Kerckhoff Hall on Wednesday, as part of the International Day of Action for Palestine, an annual event at university campuses across the world. The event took place a day after multiple terrorist attacks in Jerusalem and central Israel […]
LA event Politicon features political discussions, student debates
Ethan Dodd snuck up in front of conservative commentator Ann Coulter and picked up his phone to quickly snap a selfie with her at a political convention Friday. Dodd, a first-year political science and economics student and member of Bruin Democrats, was one of many students who attended Politicon, an event held at the Los […]
EVP allocates $80,000 for student lobbying programs
An undergraduate student government office announced Tuesday a total budget of $80,000 allocated to student lobbying programs for this academic year. The program will focus on lobbying for national student issues such as the tuition increase, Pell Grant funding and financial aid at the federal level, said Zach Helder, Undergraduate Students Association Council external vice […]
FuelRod charging kiosks set to debut on Hill winter quarter
UCLA Housing officials installed five kiosks in residence halls over the summer that will allow students to purchase portable charging devices for their phones and tablets, but the kiosks will not be available to students until winter quarter. Students will be able to purchase fully-charged FuelRod chargers at kiosks in Covel Commons, the Housing Central […]
New, returning residents to find renovations to Hill facilities
This summer, UCLA housing officials renovated the Hill to include a new fitness center in Carnesale Commons, improvements to Saxon Residential Suites and the reopened Rendezvous residential restaurant. UCLA Housing spent roughly $3 million for the new fitness center, $2 million on the Rendezvous restaurant and $25 million renovating Saxon Residential Suites, said Rebecca Kendall, […]