The Armenian Students’ Association held its annual Armenian Culture Festival on Tuesday in Bruin Plaza. The event included traditional dances by club members and a representation of an Armenian wedding, as well as the sale of traditional food.
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UCLA implements new procedures, systems to improve campus safety
UCLA has implemented new campus safety initiatives since the murder-suicide in June, including trainings with updated protocol for active shooter incidents and an improved Bruin Alert system. However, these trainings are not mandatory, and some students feel information about active shooter safety protocol isn’t circulating as widely as it should be. In the summer, UCLA […]
Hillel fellow seeks to broaden discussion of Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Lipaz Ela still recalls when her neighborhood supermarket in Jerusalem was blown up when she was 13 years old. She had gone to the same market the day before. The daily violence she lived with as a child followed her into her years as an officer for the Israel Defense Forces, in which she worked […]
Students and faculty give blunt opinions on passing of Measure M
The impacts of a city ballot initiative that would tax and regulate marijuana are still unclear. Measure M, a ballot initiative that will allow city officials to tax and regulate recreational and medicinal marijuana, passed Tuesday with about 80 percent of the vote. Measure M will implement a 10 percent gross receipts tax on all […]
Conservation research doctorate degree to be offered in 2018
A UCLA partnership will offer the first doctorate degree in conservation research in North America. The UCLA and Getty Conservation Institute’s Interdepartmental Program will offer a Master of Science and doctorate degree in conservation of material culture beginning in 2018. The IDP currently offers a Master of Arts degree in conservation of ethnographic and archaeological […]
UCLA community expresses concern about new looser deportation policies
Undocumented students expressed concern about President Donald Trump’s looser deportation policies, but said they want to continue advocating for those vulnerable to the legislation. The Department of Homeland Security released new deportation guidelines Feb. 21 that expand the classes of people that immigration enforcement officers can prioritize for deportation. Under former President Barack Obama, Immigration […]
Alum shares seats, friendship on rides to and back from Bay Area
A UCLA alumnus prides himself on turning what could be a tiresome, six-hour drive through the farms of California into a karaoke party on wheels. Michael Nguyen, who graduated in 2013 and is now a California State University, San Bernardino adjunct professor, often rents out a van for major school breaks to shuttle UCLA students […]