Although UCLA is supposedly a Muggle-filled school, a Harry Potter look-alike was seen strolling in front of Café 1919 and taking selfies with students on Thursday. The Office of Residential Life presented the third annual Harry Potter Week from Monday to Saturday. Fourth-year anthropology student and head programmer of Harry Potter Week Zoe Robbins gathered […]
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UCLA’s consumer electronics show panels discuss future of technology
One device, a digital speaker assistant, listens to the sounds in a home all day, collecting information for Amazon to personalize each marketing experience. Other gadgets are worn on the body and track fitness or surf the Web while storing personal data. Panelists at an Anderson School of Management technology showcase discussed these devices at […]
USAC surplus funds continue to shrink by at least $100,000 annually
Undergraduate student government surplus funds total $103,000 this year, marking the third time in a row that the pool of money has shrunk by at least $100,000 in a year. The Undergraduate Students Association Council surplus is money left over from the previous council that gets recollected and distributed the next year to projects that […]
New UCLA SCUBA Club reaches out to diving community on campus
A massive sicklefin lemon shark suddenly interrupted fourth-year marine biology student Emily Ferrari’s scuba dive, leaving her watching, amazed, as the rare creature swam off into the tropical waters of the South Pacific. Although she has been scuba diving since high school, Ferrari said the seven-foot-long shark she saw in spring was the most impressive […]
Anderson School student strikes balance between filmmaking, business
Madhavi Marigold Muppala spends her days switching between business classes at the UCLA Anderson School of Management and meetings about the intricacies of making characters move realistically in animated films. Muppala entered Anderson in 2013, hoping to improve her understanding of business and ultimately help her coworkers focus solely on storytelling. “I hope that I […]
UCLA wins Alamo Bowl with narrow 40-35 victory over Kansas State
SAN ANTONIO — Amid the hectic schedule of bowl festivities and game preparation, UCLA may not have had time to watch many bowl games the 36 hours before its matchup against Kansas State in the Valero Alamo Bowl Friday. UCLA may not have seen Michigan State overcome a 20-point deficit to beat Baylor in Thursday’s […]
Students hold town hall to address police brutality, draft demands
More than 100 individuals at a student-led town hall Thursday drafted a list of demands calling for the Los Angeles Police Department to patrol all communities in equal numbers and for university police to not carry any weapons. Students drafted several demands for LAPD, including that the agency say how it funds weapons and for […]