In a room lined with images from around the world, people from across the globe gathered Thursday to hear former deputy president of South Africa Jacob Zuma detail his struggles in the fight against apartheid in South Africa, stress the importance of unity, and speak on the issue of race in the wake of Hurricane […]
Author Archives: Shauntel Lowe
Decision to avert organ transplant reviewed
A UCLA Medical Center liver transplant patient at the top of the regional waiting list was denied receipt of an available liver when doctors at St. Vincent Medical Center instead chose to transplant the liver to a Saudi national ranked 52nd on the list, officials said. The surgery took place in September 2003. Two former […]
Campus security tightened
UCLA Transportation Services and university police have stepped up security measures on campus as the beginning of a new school year nears. These changes come on the heels of a string of robberies that affected the UCLA community and Westwood over the summer. Police said two men spent several nights in Westwood over the summer […]
Counting sheep
They huddled together on the intramural field like a football team. All seven of them ran within two feet of the crowd sprawled in the grass. Luckily for the girl who jumped up at the sight of the sheep racing toward her, Corey saved the day. Corey is a sheepdog. As the capstone project for […]
Professor dies after battle with cancer
Eric Monkkonen, a distinguished history and public policy professor at UCLA since 1976, died May 30 after a 10-year struggle with cancer. He was 62. Monkkonen specialized in the study of urban crime, though he also had interest in the study of urban finance and local government. Before he died, Monkkonen could be found serving […]
Roebling complex sends off tenants
Those still searching for an apartment to rent can cross the Club California apartments off of their “to-see” lists. About a week and a half ago, the approximate 600 tenants of the Club California apartment complex on Roebling Avenue in Westwood, most of whom are UCLA students and staff, received letters notifying them that Club […]
UCLA Run/Walk on course to color children’s lives
For the patients of Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA, this Sunday marks an annual opportunity to course UCLA’s campus ““ not physically, but in the thoughts of the many students and community members who will be here running and walking to raise money for them. The sixth annual UCLA Run/Walk 5k fund-raiser for the Child […]