Author Archives: Phillip Lin

People may one day be drinking water out of their car exhaust pipes. A group of UCLA professors demonstrated a new hydrogen fuel cell car Thursday afternoon by driving it from UCLA to California State University, Northridge. A presentation was held at CSUN regarding the vehicle, which the professors view as the future of transportation. […]

Ackerman Union may soon see the introduction of a Healthy Foods bar as the Associated Students UCLA passed a motion to finalize the store’s design and construction budget during its board of directors meeting Friday. While ASUCLA had originally planned to build the Healthy Foods bar with a $350,000 budget, it re-evaluated the costs and […]

University police has been upgrading its tools with the goal of better policing the campus and Westwood area. Last year, UCPD purchased 16 new stun guns officers could use before resorting to lethal force. When the Tasers were purchased, Lt. John Adams said he hoped the newly acquired handheld devices would help reduce injuries to […]

Correction appended Associated Students UCLA officials have often jokingly hoped for UCLA to have winning sports teams in order to boost revenues. They may have gotten what they wished for ““ officials say the football team’s success this season has generated an increase in merchandise sales. Though many factors account for renewed interest in BearWear, […]

Christopher Spencer Foote, a distinguished organic chemistry professor at UCLA since 1962 and the foremost authority on chemical reactions of singlet oxygen, died June 13 from complications of brain cancer. He was 70. During his teaching career at UCLA, Foote furthered the field of chemistry through his research. He discovered the role of singlet oxygen, […]

Students dressed themselves as vegetables in self-fashioned costumes Thursday afternoon to support the Westwood Village Farmers’ Market and protest the passing of legislation that would tax the market for weekly street closures. After gathering at Bruin Plaza, about 20 student protestors marched down into the market holding signs and chanting, “Support the farmers’ market!” The […]

Westwood businesses plan to offer their own valet services and increase advertising in response to expected parking impacts as construction begins this week on a $100-million residential and commercial project called Palazzo Westwood. Casden Properities is beginning demolition work on the parking lot in the southwest corner of Weyburn and Tiverton avenues in preparation for […]