Author Archives: Michaela Hulstyn

A new starting point did not deter students from participating Wednesday night in the Undie Run, a tri-annual finals week tradition. Though the run, in which thousands of students clad only in their underwear run through campus, has historically started at the corner of Gayley and Landfair avenues, student leaders and the administration pushed for […]

The departure of at least five resident assistants, or RAs, from Hedrick Hall in the past week has left students wondering, though housing officials say such turnover is normal. Some of the five RAs were fired, and others resigned for varying reasons. Suzanne Seplow, director of the Office of Residential Life, said every year it […]

If you had walked into the Coping with Global Warming symposium Friday during Brian H. Hurd’s presentation, you might have thought you were in the wrong place. Juggling three and then four balls, the associate professor of New Mexico State University used this metaphor to demonstrate the need to plan ahead ““ to know how […]

A group of legal and environmental experts plans to convene today to discuss the effects of climate change on people and institutions across the world as part of a symposium titled “Coping with Global Warming.” Sean Hecht, executive director of the UCLA Environmental Law Center and symposium organizer, said the event is centered on the […]

Part of Gayley Avenue was shut down Monday night after an unknown man dropped off a suspicious package at the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf on the corner of Weyburn and Gayley avenues, according to Los Angeles Police Department officials. All of the customers at the coffee shop were evacuated from around 7:35 p.m. to […]

Cdigix, a free music downloading service offered by the university as part of its “Get Legal” campaign, is canceling its services beginning April 30, according to Cdigix representatives. Mark Brodsky, vice president of university sales at Cdigix, said they are canceling the service because the company wants to focus on products that support core university […]

The contracts for vendor kiosks outside campus locations such as LuValle Commons and Ackerman Union have been terminated for the remainder of winter quarter, according to UCLA Store officials. Peggy Danielson, store manager at LuValle Commons, said she received the instructions last Friday to end the usual vendors’ services outside the store. Danielson said Patrick […]