Top high school prospect Shabazz Muhammad said in a televised announcement Wednesday evening that he will join the UCLA men’s basketball team.
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Task force report on UC Davis pepper-spraying incident released
A 190-page report released Wednesday by a task force criticized police action at November’s pepper-spraying incident at UC Davis, stating that it “should and could have been prevented.”
The incident garnered widespread criticism of the UC’s treatment of Occupy demonstrators.
UCLA mistakenly tells 894 waitlisted students they're accepted
Hundreds of waitlisted students were mistakenly told they were accepted to UCLA in a financial aid letter sent last weekend.
The error came from a mistake in an email sent out last week informing both accepted and waitlisted students that their grant aid had been increased.
GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum suspends campaign
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum suspended his campaign Tuesday morning, making Mitt Romney the likely nominee for the upcoming presidential election in November.
“While this presidential race is over for me and we will suspend our campaign today, we are not done fighting,” Santorum said in a speech delivered from Gettysburg, Pa., Tuesday afternoon.
Santorum also reiterated support for the Republican Party in his speech.
“This game is long, long, long way from over,” Santorum said in his speech.
Getty Museum displays works by famed photographer Herb Ritts in new exhibit
The Getty Museum’s new exhibition, “Herb Ritts: L.A. Style,” offers a thoughtfully curated and extensive survey of Ritts’ work from 1984 to his death from HIV complications in 2002. During this time he shot more than 200 magazine covers for publications including Vogue, Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair, and photographed celebrities ranging from Naomi Campbell, John Paul Gaultier and Elizabeth Taylor to Johnny Depp, Britney Spears and Jackie Joyner-Kersee. He is also known for his nudes and photos that incorporate the symbolic and subtle beauties of the natural landscape.
Long Story Short – Wake Up brings peace, compassion through meditation workshop
April 9, 2012 “”mdash; On Sunday, Long Story Short co-host Taylor Erickson attended “Wake Up L.A.,” a six-hour meditation workshop offered by Wake Up, an international Buddhist movement that aims to teach college students practical exercises in order to cultivate peace and compassion in their bustling lives. The Daily Bruin interviews a monk, a nun and a layperson: Brother Phap Chieu, Sister Lang Nghiem and Mark Jantzi. They discuss the importance of being in touch with inner emotions.
Long Story Short streams Mondays at 6 p.m. on UCLAradio.com. Listen to the whole episode here or visit our broadcast archive.
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Long Story Short – April 9, 2012
April 9, 2012 – From politics in the classroom to contemplating our inner emotions, finding a balance is key. A recently published Wall Street Journal article argues that professors in the UC system are indoctrinating students with leftist propaganda. Daily Bruin columnist Alexandra Tashman responds to the article and contests his argument on the issue of politicization in the classroom.
On Sunday, Long Story Short co-host Taylor Erickson attended The Day of Mindfulness, a six-hour meditation workshop hosted by Wake Up. It’s an international Buddhist movement that aims to teach college students the art of mindfulness and cultivating inner peace in their bustling lives.
Long Story Short streams Mondays at 6 p.m. on UCLAradio.com. Visit our broadcast archive or subscribe to our podcast.
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