De Neve Plaza Room’s seats and walls were packed on Wednesday night to watch a keyboardist in lumberjack attire with clown face paint, a student playing a double bass and a foot tambourine while singing an original song in French and English, and 10 other acts competing in Pi Kappa Phi’s Acoustic Coffee House event.
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Republican candidate Scott Brown wins Massachusetts Senate seat, slowing healthcare legislation
Republican candidate Scott Brown took the Massachusetts Senate seat with 52 percent of the vote over Democratic candidate Attorney General Martha Coakley in a special election Tuesday.
UC Regents discuss eliminating Cal Grants, enrollment
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 2010-2011 proposed budget plan sparked criticism and debate at Wednesday’s UC Board of Regents meeting at UC San Francisco.
High waves, lack of stormy conditions create favorable surfing conditions
Though a high surf advisory like the one issued this week for Los Angeles County is meant to deter people from going to the beach, many surfers find these warnings as opportune times to catch some waves.
Student group events, benefits raise funds for Haiti
Haiti may be 3,000 miles away, but the UCLA campus community is responding to last week’s devastating earthquake in Port-au-Prince as though it happened in a neighboring city.
Series of storms to bring strong storms, erosion and flooding
A series of strong storms will continue to sweep into Los Angeles over the next few days, with strong downpours today and Thursday and scattered showers on Friday.
UC applications increase 2.4 percent from last fall
State funding for the UC system may be decreasing, but student demand for admission has not.