Stuff from the Shelf: “good kid, m.A.A.d city” by Kendrick Lamar

It isn’t love until you commit your mind, body and soul. Therefore, I cannot claim that I loved Kendrick Lamar’s newest album, “good kid, m.A.A.d city,” but I got pretty close. He killed his competition with the debut of this album and made me re-evaluate what a truly thoughtful rap album could sound like. His […]

Student robbed on Kelton Avenue early Friday morning

A UCLA student was robbed near the 600 block of Kelton Avenue early Friday morning, according to university police. At about 1:30 a.m., the student was walking northbound on Kelton Avenue when a man came up to her and tried to take her belongings from her hand, according to a UCPD report released Friday. When she resisted, the man reportedly slapped […]

David Geffen School of Medicine receives $100 million from namesake for scholarship fund

The namesake of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA has donated $100 million to establish a new scholarship fund for UCLA medical students, the university announced today. The donation makes David Geffen, an entertainment executive, the largest individual donor to UCLA and to any other University of California campus, according to a UCLA […]

UCLA leads Prairie View A&M 46-23 at halftime

The UCLA men’s basketball team stayed fresh over the finals week break from games, running away to a 46-23 lead over Prairie View A&M in the first half Saturday night. The Bruins shot 59 percent in the first half, led by freshman swingman Shabazz Muhammad, who had 13 points in 13 minutes on 5-of-7 shooting. On the […]

Ruptured gas line leads to evacuation on Hill

Construction crews ruptured a natural gas line in one of the new Sproul buildings this morning, leading to the precautionary evacuation of about one thousand students from their dorm rooms for about an hour. At 9:49 a.m., a two-inch hole was torn into a gas line located in the Sproul construction site, saidUCLA spokesman Ricardo Vazquez. Although […]