Nestled between a small Rastafarian music shop and a Starbucks, a little ways down from the Miracle Mile, is a row of restaurants and stores which speak to an immigrant community that maintains one of the largest political exile populations of its kind. Known as Little Ethiopia, the stretch of ethnic establishments is just one […]
Author Archives: Natalie Banach
Building a cleaner environment
The completion of any construction project on campus is often more than enough cause for celebration. But as members of the Institute of Environment move into the new LaKretz Hall today, they will also be able to celebrate the first “green” building on campus. Based on a voluntary, consensus-based national standard, a “green” specification denotes […]
[Orientation Issue] News: The changing face of Westwood
Tall prairie grass swaying in the wind and beds of lima beans aren’t pictures the average student would paint of UCLA or Westwood Village. Yet that is what today’s well-known images of Royce Hall and Diddy Riese cookie wrappers emanate from. Having been shaped and molded by a variety of political, economic and social forces, […]
Scientists produce nuclear fusion
Mimicking the processes by which the sun creates its energy, UCLA researchers have created nuclear fusion within the confines of a campus laboratory. The experiment ““ which will be published in today’s issue of the journal Nature ““ allowed scientists to produce small quantities of power by utilizing a tiny crystal and generating a strong […]
A classroom inspiration
He was accepted into Harvard Business School without even having applied. He helped plan the invasion of Normandy during World War II, a move which ultimately helped lead to the defeat of the Nazi regime. And in his 85 years he has shaken the hands of U.S. presidents and foreign dictators and doled out management […]
Experts brought together with plans for new UCLA stem cell research institute
With the issue continually steeped in controversy, UCLA has announced plans to open another chapter in the stem cell research debate with a new $20 million institute. Headed by Dr. Owen Witte, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, the newly created Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Medicine will bring together researchers from various scientific […]
E-mail scam aims to bank on students
The newest trend in bank fraud is hitting close to home, as the University Credit Union announced Tuesday that an online e-mail scam from the bank is currently circulating. The scam ““ using a technique commonly referred to as “phishing” ““ is a fraudulent notice from the Credit Union which directs recipients to a Web […]