Author Archives: Pegah Yazdy

Even at 10 a.m. on a Thursday, the line to order at Jamba Juice in Ackerman Union extended well beyond the smoothie store’s doors. Over the past school year, more brand-name stores, including Jamba Juice and Taco Bell, have opened on campus, while independent tenants such as Tropix and Coop’s Pizza have closed. Jesse Chen, […]

Of more than 4,000 female students who plan to walk across the stage at commencement this spring, a handful have chosen to enter a field that has traditionally been male-dominated. Donna Kim, a fifth-year Asian humanities student, is one of those few. A member of the Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps at UCLA for two […]

Amid shouting, drumming and the booming of megaphones, a group of about 50 UCLA students from the Social Justice Alliance rallied Tuesday at noon in support of sweatshop-free collegiate apparel. The rally began at Bruin Plaza and proceeded up Bruin Walk to Murphy Hall, where students demanded that Chancellor Albert Carnesale publicly endorse and support […]

In an effort to reach out to the greater community, UCLA Anderson School of Management is extending its focus from just Los Angeles to other regions of California as well. On May 3, a group of economists from the Anderson school will hold a conference in San Diego at which they will discuss their economic […]

On Feb. 16, Nick Draper, a 7-month-old baby who had been awaiting a heart transplant since birth, continued to fight to live after receiving a new heart in an operating room of the Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA. In a press conference Wednesday, doctors and the child’s parents ““ Nicole and Michael Draper ““ spoke […]

Students applying to law school after graduation may face fewer competitors as law schools nationwide have seen a decline in applicants over the past year. According to the Law School Admissions Council, the total number of law school applicants in the nation decreased by 4.6 percent between 2004 and 2005, the first time in seven […]