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Ambassadors link students, alumni Programs foster interaction with former Bruins By Rashmi Nijagal In this world where who you know often seems more important than what you know, a variety of organizations on campus are helping to introduce students to alumni and life after UCLA. The need for student-alumni interaction has led to the development […]

Ethnic studies centers expanding Centers overcome challenges, make advancements By Betty Song After 25 years of existence, UCLA’s ethnic studies programs continue to grow. As they tackle new challenges and meet new needs, the centers’ silver anniversary marks a celebration of achievements past and present. In 1969, mounting community and campus pressures for ethnic studies […]

Twenty-five years of history African-American studies: remembering the journey By Nancy Hsu Daily Bruin Senior Staff J.Daniel "Skip" Johnson ate his lunch with a dozen other African-American students and a professor outside Ackerman Union one hot summer afternoon. The year was 1967 and the topic wasn’t the upcoming midterm. It was racism. "What are we […]

Neuropsychiatric hospital’s survey results delayed Hospital seeks to end conditional accreditation By Donna Wong Daily Bruin Senior Staff Although the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Hospital currently remains on probation, the hospital will have its accreditation status reviewed by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations this March. Last June, a special unannounced survey by […]

Concerned Bruins sponsor food, clothes drive Hunger, disease plague children in Valle Verde Mexico By Jennifer K. Morita When UCLA students Andi Meck and Aqualina Soriano heard that 27 Mexican children from Valle Verde, Mexico had died from malnutrition and disease, they went to check out the situation themselves. By the time Meck and Soriano […]

National leaders decry history standards Senate cites lack of traditional history figures in guidelines By Betty Song History became politics when national leaders disagreed with new curriculum guidelines developed by the UCLA-based National History Standards Project. On Jan. 18, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution that advised government review panels to refuse certification of the […]

Council votes in student senate Students have more input in department curriculum decisions By Rashmi Nijagal The undergraduate student government council unanimously passed a resolution in support of the Student Departmental Senate Tuesday night. The resolution, which had been tabled for the past two weeks for revisions, calls for the implementation of the senate in […]