Category Archives: News

Midterms heighten Bruin angst By Allyssa Lee With the advent of fifth week, UCLA students have undergone somewhat of a metamorphosis. Bright eyes and cheery faces are being replaced by heads despondently buried in books, bloodshot eyes starved of sleep and prostrate bodies strewn across various grassy knolls. To many students, the onslaught of midterms […]

Neuropsychiatric hospital director to step down Don Rockwell to resign by July, no replacement yet By Donna Wong Daily Bruin Senior Staff After 10 years as the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Hospital Director, Don Rockwell will step down this July and leave a troubled hospital and a health care field that has changed drastically since he entered. […]

Sunny weather brightens Bruin attitudes Feb. 3 temp of 91 degrees beats ’54 UCLA record By Tatiana Botton Students smiling, people playing Frisbee and bodies sunning on the grass — this is how UCLA looks when the weather is warm. "If it is a sunny day, it puts you in a good mood," said Lisa […]

Architect constructs innovative database New grant funds link of computer design languages By Ben Gilmore The use of computers in architectural design may be revolutionized with help from a three-year grant to UCLA’s architecture and urban design department from the National Science Foundation. The $235,000 stipend is going to the department’s Center for Design and […]

More bins to encourage campus recycling Administrators, groups advocate waste reduction By Betty Song The big red and gray recycling bins at campus eating areas and the student union aren’t just there to sport pictures of aluminum cans and newspapers. Despite the availability of these containers, recyclable waste often fails to reach its proper destination […]

Towell to house different facilities Dance Building will relocate to temporary structure By Naoki Narus By now many students have gotten used to the green fences surrounding Powell Library. And Towell, the temporary structure erected as a substitute for UCLA’s college library, has become familiar as well. In fact, students said they wonder if Towell […]

Trial draws students’ notice Professor cites racial conflicts, abuse as issues at stake in case By Tatiana Botton Some students say he’s guilty, others say he is not. But regardless of their judgment, some students are finding themselves drawn to television coverage of the O.J. Simpson trial. Since the "Trial of the Century" started last […]