As part of “The Faces of Wrongful Conviction” conference to be held at UCLA this weekend, several exonerated individuals who have collectively spent more than 356 years combined in prison are scheduled to tell their stories Saturday in front of an audience of students, political leaders, legal experts and other advocates for abolishing capital punishment, […]
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[NCAA Tournament]: Bruin fans dismayed no matter the locale
Almost 7,000 UCLA fans descended upon Pauley Pavilion in a surge of blue and gold last night, wearing their pride on their chests and faces for the NCAA Championship game, while many others watched from lounges and dorm rooms across the Hill. Beneath 11 national championship banners, students gathered in Pauley to watch the game […]
Officials to meet, address Undie Run safety
As veteran runners express growing concern over the administration’s interference with a purely student-run event, university police continue to finalize plans to ensure the safety of a modified Undie Run route. The new route will begin at the corner of Gayley and Landfair avenues, turn left at the traffic light, cut through De Neve Plaza, […]
NCAA Tournament: Professor roots for other Bruins
Christia Brown, UCLA assistant professor of psychology, can tell you she’s a Bruin fan. But for today’s men’s basketball game, pitting No. 2 seed UCLA against No. 15 seed Belmont ““ with both teams sharing the same mascot ““ she has to clarify which kind. Brown, who graduated from Belmont University in 1996, but currently […]
Daisy Day highlights equality issues
Tuesday night, Rita Qatami was speaking to a dozen committee members trying to finalize the logistics for the next day’s event, when she stopped herself. After a pause and a laugh, she continued. “I was about to say that we needed volunteers to man several stations, but what I probably should say is that we […]
UC ordered to repay fees
When Mo Kashmiri graduated from the UC Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law in 2004, he left with $130,000 of debt. But as a result of a ruling in his favor Monday, Kashmiri will likely see a few thousand taken off that amount. The San Francisco Superior Court ordered the University of California to pay […]
Dance Marathon: Committee
For 700 dancers, Saturday morning signified the beginning of a weekend-long commitment to a good cause. But for fourth-year economics student Jessica Tsuei, it also signified the end of a long commitment that began many weekends before. Tsuei, the 2006 UCLA Dance Marathon Committee dancer relations chair, woke up at 6 a.m. the day of […]