Dressed in vibrant traditional attire, members of the UCLA United Afghan Club welcomed students, families and other guests to the seventh annual Afghanistan fundraising banquet Saturday. The members of the club started the night with a reading from the Qur’an followed by waving the tricolored Afghan flag during the recitation of the national anthem. The […]
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Bengali Students Association gives place to discuss culture, history
Nijum Pratik and her family came to the U.S. from Bangladesh in 2010, but she struggled to find a place at UCLA to discuss the war and regional conflict that had impacted her homeland. She and her friends said they thought many of the existing Asian cultural clubs were too broad and did not focus […]
Alumni continue creating comedy on ‘Family Guy’ after meeting at UCLA
It was business as usual: someone yelled, “Take off your shirt” through the staff introductions while Styx lead vocalist Lawrence Gowan, a guest at the affair, stood on top of his plastic chair to strike a pose. The band Styx, along with many other guests, had come to the Fox Studios animation conference room to […]
UC doctors hold strike for the first time
Doctors at all of the University of California student health centers went on strike Tuesday to protest what they say are unfair labor practices of the University.
USAC funds 10 parking scholarships for commuter expenses
Jade Tamyo doesn’t think she will have to borrow money from her grandparents to pay for her $231 campus parking pass this quarter. The third-year sociology student commutes to campus about four times a week, often going straight to class from her job as a law firm clerk in Marina del Rey. Though she said […]
Transfer Pride Week seeks to integrate students into UCLA community
Students in semiformal attire mingled under the soft, warm glow of chandelier lights Wednesday night as part of the Toast to Transfers Mixer.
Student band Loop Garou experiments with new sound, name change
The Street Hearts are gone. The indie-folk group that won the 2013 Spring Sing best band entry with their song “The Beggar” now goes by the name Loop Garou. They have traded in their acoustic twang for something much more blues and rock inspired. “We’re the same people but we’re not really the same band,” […]