Author Archives: Tiffany Pan

If there is ever a good enough reason for guys to wear briefs, it may be found in the official 13-page “Dance Marathon Dancer Survival Guide.” “Gentlemen” participating in the event should do so if they “want to walk properly in the week following the event.” Now in its fifth year, the UCLA Dance Marathon, […]

Former ambassador Princeton Lyman had one main message for the 30 or so students and faculty gathered in Bunche Hall on Tuesday evening: Africa is becoming more and more central to the U.S., and not just in terms of humanitarian and charity concerns. “The tendency to treat Africa largely as a humanitarian objective morphs into […]

In the shade of the trees by Moore Hall, Tony Dunbar’s one-man show ““ complete with plywood backdrop draped in black fabric, handheld camera mounted on a tripod, and blue-and-gold GSA signs posted in the bushes ““ made its debut on campus this week. Dunbar, director of communications for the Graduate Students Association, launched GSA’s […]

Facing a projected budget deficit of more than $300,000 at the end of the school year, the ASUCLA Communications Board, which oversees all of UCLA Student Media, discussed the possibility of initiating a student fee referendum at its meeting Monday night. The board discussed placing the referendum on the ballot in the spring to ask […]

Only 38 percent of healthcare workers nationwide received the flu vaccine in 2000, which may indicate an increased risk of transmitting the influenza virus from worker to patient, according to a study released by UCLA and Harvard researchers Tuesday. The study, led by Dr. William King at the David Geffen School of Medicine, and Dr. […]

Kieran Kayalackakom never drinks coffee because he hates the taste. But for his first midterms, the first-year neuroscience student stayed up for 72 hours on seven vanilla lattes with a double shot of espresso from Bruin Café. “It messes up my schedule terribly, but it keeps me awake during the hours when others generally sleep, […]

As guitar music coincided with African drumbeats, students from all over campus came together in Bruin Plaza on Thursday, aiming to spread knowledge about HIV/AIDS. The Student Welfare Commission, along with many other student groups, hosted World AIDS Day, an event designed to educate people about HIV/AIDS in an effort to prevent the spread of […]