Graduation speakers blend originality, meaning

The small audience of judges was silent as Alisha Beltramo, a fourth-year communication studies student, spoke her piece. She spoke with great emotion of what she felt her experience at UCLA had given her, which she would be able to employ in her life beyond the proverbial campus walls. Her audition, however, pales in comparison […]

CTO to join forces with ticket service

The Central Ticket Office announced Tuesday it will be entering into a partnership with Ticketmaster to provide ticketing services for students. CTO Director Dave Lowenstein said he had spent 15 months in due diligence, studying all the alternatives and finally settling with Ticketmaster, citing other schools as having used the service successfully. “We feel that […]

USAC initiates new women’s program

Women and men of a variety of different backgrounds and organizations, and with varying degrees of enthusiasm for the feminist movement, gathered Sunday to discuss the state of women’s rights locally and internationally as a part of the first annual Women’s Collective. The program, presented by the Undergraduate Students Association Council office of the general […]

Auction raises money for summer interns

In a night filled with live entertainment, big money and bad lawyer jokes, “Bid for a Better World,” the 12th-annual charitable auction for UCLA’s Public Interest Law Fund, held Saturday, proved a successful event in raising money for summer interns in the public interest field. PILF is a student-run organization that raises money for law […]

A call for activism

There was a call to action today as Los Angeles civil rights activist Danny Bakewell spoke at the African American studies interdepartmental program’s 30th anniversary celebration in the faculty lounge. Students, staff and faculty of various ethnicities gathered to hear the keynote speaker urge the black community both at UCLA and in the greater Los […]