College is a time for students to grow up, and for many, a time to grow sideways, since the task of balancing schoolwork and a social life often leaves little time for health and fitness. This is where the second annual Health Symposium held today at the John Wooden Center and the Bruin plaza comes […]
Author Archives: Paunie Samreth
4/20 tradition still growing like a weed
“4:20 Louis.” It was 1972 ““ what followed those words became the stuff of legends. The boys of San Rafael High School didn’t know it then, but their code, 4/20, spread throughout Marin County and is now the widespread code for the day or time to smoke marijuana. The story is one of many explaining […]
Adjustments made to SHIP costs
In the wake of budget cuts and student fee increases, undergraduate students may be surprised to hear about a decrease in prices for the Undergraduate Student Health Insurance Plan. Graduates, however, will experience an increase in their Graduate Student Health Insurance Plan. The decrease for undergraduates comes after annual negotiations between the Student Health Insurance […]
UCLA community shows concern over SARS
Anne Cheung, a first-year psychology student, spent spring break in Hong Kong with her family. Her mother wanted her there to celebrate her twentieth birthday. Cheung wasn’t concerned about severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, until she stepped off the plane and walked onto the streets of Hong Kong, where everyone had on a mask […]
Undie Run may succeed Midnight Yell for finals stress relief
Strap on your running shoes and strip off your clothes ““ students will be running the streets Wednesday of finals week in nothing but their underwear for what creator Eric Whitehead hopes to be come a quarterly Undie Run. The run will start at midnight at the northern Landfair and Gayley intersection. Students will then […]
Budget cuts slice into AAP
The academic challenges of college are pretty constant as the quarters progress, but starting next term, a helping hand may not be as readily available to the many students looking for one. The Academic Advancement Program ““ designed to assist over 5,000 UCLA students in achieving collegiate success ““ will be cutting back on tutoring, […]
Program could help STOP campus theft
With the same crimes occurring year after, students may wonder what UCPD is doing to alleviate the situation. The biggest crime problems on campus continue to be backpack, wallet, cell phone and laptop theft. The Director of Community Service for the university police Nancy Greenstein said these are typically crimes of opportunity. Wallets and cell […]