Navid Rakie and Daniel Schwartz are best buddies, which is fitting given that they met through the Best Buddies program at UCLA. The two participated in a talent and fashion show last week put on by the club. Rakei: We spent time together, we got coffee, and once he laughed at my jokes I knew […]
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ASUCLA Finance Committee recap – Nov. 20
Members of the Associated Students UCLA Finance Committee discussed the association’s finances at their monthly meeting Friday. Budget Renovations for the first-floor restrooms in Ackerman Union are currently on hold, said ASUCLA Executive Director Bob Williams. For November, the UCLA store saw strong sales in the textbook department but weak sales in the computer department, […]
Pasadena city manager appointed UCLA administrative vice chancellor
A Pasadena city manager will serve as the next administrative vice chancellor effective March, UCLA officials announced in a statement Friday. Michael Beck has operated Pasadena’s $685 million budget and manages city departments, such as the fire, police, public works and transportation departments, since the beginning of his term as city manager in October 2008. […]
Student-run startup Kotu offers printing, delivery service
Sonny Desai hurried through North Village late Monday night, trekking through the frigid wind. Instead of taking shelter indoors, Desai, a third-year economics student, delivered a printed PowerPoint document to a student on Kelton Avenue. Kotu Printing, a startup company Desai helped found, delivers printouts of emailed documents to professor’s mailboxes and students on campus […]
Holocaust survivors share experiences through Bearing Witness program
Last winter, Ariel Azhdam nervously approached a Holocaust survivor sitting at a table in front of him, unsure of what to expect and afraid he would ask the wrong questions. Two months later, he found his personal hero in the same man who eagerly recounted his experiences as part of the Bearing Witness program at […]
ASUCLA discusses proposal for inclusive prayer, meditation space
An undergraduate student government office suggested creating a nondenominational prayer and meditation space on campus during last Friday’s Associated Students UCLA meeting. Aaliya Khan, the Undergraduate Students Association Council general representative who presented the proposal, said UCLA is one of the only UC campuses that does not have a prayer space on campus. Khan said […]
Offering a look at the other side of flyering
Walking down Bruin Walk can feel like navigating an obstacle course. The obstacles? All the people flyering who try to get you to buy something, check out a club or go to an event. But what drives these interactions? What determines if you do or don’t take a flyer? Daily Bruin Radio reporter Denise Lin […]