Everybody at the Daily Bruin talks about quitting. One more 16-hour day, and I’m outta here. If I get another C, the newspaper has to go. When my fingers automatically dial the long-distance code every time I pick up a phone, I’m done. Yes, the word “quit” gets thrown around as much as stress balls […]
Author Archives: Menaka Fernando
UCLA name, L.A. lifestyle marketable overseas
As shoppers browse through rows of denims and khakis in the casual-apparel store in Guangzhou, China, there’s not much to distinguish it from an everyday GAP or Banana Republic in any U.S. mall ““ except for the gigantic poster of the UCLA football team that greets each shopper. The UCLA store in the south of […]
Wounds revisited
Fernando Suarez del Solar points to his dead son’s dirty combat boots and recalls the life of the young soldier, who died at age 20 two years ago. His only son, Jesus, wanted to be a police officer, liked to rough house with his dad, and watched “The Simpsons” obsessively while growing up in his […]
Director’s aid to AAP will not be considered
Chancellor Albert Carnesale told students and staff Friday that the university would not weigh two decades of accomplishments in deciding how to sanction the Academic Advancement Program’s director for having a relationship with a student. Carnesale spoke with about 100 people regarding Adolfo Bermeo, whose involvement with a student allegedly violates a UC Board of […]
Professor may face university sanctions
Students in the Academic Advancement Program are expressing support for their organization’s director, who could face sanctions for allegedly violating University of California policy by having a relationship with a student. Adolfo Bermeo had been involved with a student and apologized for it this quarter to his Chicana/o studies M124 class, said a student who […]
Computing success
At a time when the campus is mostly devoid of the buzz of UCLA students, a different buzz could be heard from the labs of Boelter Hall ““ the slight humming of over 20 computers on an early Saturday morning. In front of the monitors were some of the brightest students and teachers from Los […]
Star treatment
She pulled up to the exclusive Henri’s Salon de Beauté in a black Excursion ““ the same one that drove Leonardo DiCaprio around Los Angeles during his stay in the city for the Oscar’s last week. With an entourage of people behind her, camera flashes in her face and passersby peeking in the tinted windows […]