Robert Dynes, the newly appointed president-designate of the University of California and a lifelong physicist, would have at one time used his knowledge of Newton’s Laws of Motion to perfect his slap shot rather than to pursue academia. During a press conference immediately after the UC Board of Regents announced he would take over the […]
Author Archives: Robert Salonga
UCLA ends year with revised set of blueprints
There was a lot of construction happening at UCLA during the 2002-2003 academic year. But the sounds of jackhammers and bulldozers throughout campus only scratched the surface of a university that underwent several key changes in the span of 160 days. Government and UCLA The political year effectively kicked off with the November gubernatorial elections, […]
Chávez Center looks to expand
After 10 years, the César E. Chávez Center has firmly established its footing as the primary resource for Chicana/o studies at UCLA, and its leaders will now take on the task of becoming a full-blown department. This month marks a decade of existence for the center, which began in part due to student activism and […]
Ebell no longer a witness in rape trial
The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has cleared sophomore running back Tyler Ebell from serving as a witness in the trial of three Carson High School students who allegedly raped a female student in De Neve Plaza fall quarter. “We have no evidence whatsoever that Mr. Ebell is a participant in or involved in […]
UCPD looks into possible hate crime
University police are investigating a possible hate crime that evidently took place over the Easter weekend at the UCLA Medical Center hospital. On Saturday afternoon, an unknown individual entered the hospital’s chapel and meditation center and poured what was marked as pork blood onto prayer mats used by Muslim patrons of the room. UCPD detectives […]
Family, friends, staff celebrate Rabuy’s life
Laughter outweighed tears Wednesday as students, faculty, administrators and family members remembered Cynthia Rabuy, who died last week in a traffic collision at the age of 23. Two hundred people packed the Collins Room at the James West Alumni Center, where they held a memorial for the highly-involved student leader and revered campus presence. Rabuy’s […]
Student group funding reflects USAC loyalties
The recent surfacing of an internal document outlining the undergraduate president’s personal views on student government have revealed a link between his self-listed student group allies and the changes in funding those groups received at the beginning of the year. David Dahle, president of the Undergraduate Students Association Council, listed in these documents the students […]