With Los Angeles in contention for the U.S. Olympic Committee’s bid for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, the committee came to visit the UCLA campus Thursday to evaluate and discuss the potential preparations and environments for the games. If Los Angeles is chosen to host the 2016 Olympics, UCLA’s residential Hill would be the Olympic […]
Author Archives: Peach Indravudh
Take a walk on L.A.’s natural side
Only in Los Angeles will you see women hiking in stiletto boots. Just a few miles from Hollywood Boulevard, tucked away in the Hollywood Hills, on a trail that leads to a path to the Hollywood sign, you realize that in L.A., you really can never get away from it all. But then at the […]
Finding ways to talk about HIV/AIDS
Erik Finck said he believes puppets provide a special means for artistic expression because they can represent anybody in any part of the world. “(Puppetry) is a great medium because they are a really neutral ground. … It can represent an (HIV/AIDS) infected person, a non-infected person,” said Finck, a second-year theater student. Finck has […]
Bush gives bipartisan State of the Union
In his State of the Union Address on Tuesday, President Bush announced a bipartisan agenda that appeals to domestic policies historically associated with the Democratic Party. Congress welcomed the president’s proposals regarding immigration and energy-conservation policies with a standing ovation. But hesitant claps by both parties reflected the doubt and skepticism surrounding Bush’s foreign agenda, […]
Bush to address domestic issues
Facing a critical Democratic Congress and an unconvinced public, President Bush plans today in his State of the Union address to reaffirm his leadership by focusing on domestic issues such as alternative energy sources and health care. He also plans to take the opportunity to defend his new strategy in Iraq, which proposed an increase […]
Chemist knighted for contributions to field
Outside the door of his office in the Molecular Sciences building, J. Fraser Stoddart’s name plaque is now accompanied by a pink post-it in front of the name. On it is scribbled the word “Sir.” Stoddart, who is also the director of the California NanoSystems Institute, was recently named knight bachelor by Queen Elizabeth II […]
Journalist discusses recent Thai coup
Normally he is seen on television, his voice of opposition amplified to a crowd and the words “We will fight for the king” written in Thai on his royal yellow shirt ““ a symbol of his political convictions. Sondhi Limthongkul has been found leading peaceful protests against the former Thai government, in February leading an […]