When writers ask for time off to focus on school work, I usually oblige and sometimes assure them, “You filled out an application to UCLA, not the Daily Bruin.” That’s coming from someone who used his UC personal statement to explain how he wanted to work at The Bruin. I often think about what I’d […]
Author Archives: Robert Salonga
UCLA professor pleads guilty to felony charges, placed on leave
UCLA classics Professor Andrew Dyck pleaded guilty to two felony counts on March 26 arising from a series of sexually explicit Internet exchanges with a 13-year-old girl from Simi Valley. Dyck pleaded guilty to one felony count of sending harmful matter over the Internet with the intent to seduce a minor and one felony count […]
[Online exclusive] UCLA professor pleads guilty to felony charges
UCLA Classics Professor Andrew Dyck pleaded guilty on Friday to two felony counts arising from a series of sexually explicit Internet exchanges with a 13-year-old girl from Simi Valley. Dyck pleaded guilty to one felony count of sending harmful matter over the Internet with the intent to seduce a minor, and one felony count of […]
[Online exclusive] Chancellor Carnesale weighs in on UCLA’s current issues
Chancellor Albert Carnesale said Friday that he had a special place in his heart for the Stanford men’s basketball team ““ that, like UCLA, the Palo Alto-based institution operates under the constraints of admitting athletes who must also excel as students. Thus, he said, seeing such a program find success is especially remarkable, and he […]
Bruins recollect memories of walkout
The Royce Hall bells chiming for noon today will not signify anything of particular importance. It will be just another Friday, with many students in a rush to gain some extra time on their weekend and others not on campus at all. Things will be largely uneventful. One year ago (plus one day, actually, because […]
UC admissions plan denies eligible students
High school students throughout the state will log on to the Internet in the latter half of this month looking to see whether they were accepted to a University of California campus. For several years, the anxiety has stemmed from anticipation of one of two outcomes: acceptance or rejection. But in light of an announcement […]
A closer look: Nation’s courts face urgent legal debate
Unprecedented ceremonies and court decisions have recently catapulted the gay marriage debate into the national spotlight, wedging it into the thick of steamrolling presidential campaigns and forcing the country to settle a legal debate that has no foreseeable end. Many of the nation’s courts will have their hands full for most of the immediate future […]