Dozens of emails show that several members of the Bruins United slate have quietly solicited money from pro-Israel donors for at least the past two undergraduate student government elections, despite concerns about external influences having an unacknowledged voice in council decisions.
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Men’s water polo brings home UCLA’s 112th NCAA championship
The scoreline stood at eight goals apiece as the clock wound down on the NCAA championship between UCLA men’s water polo and USC Sunday night. The tide had turned after the Bruins opened the final period comfortably leading 7-4, now finding themselves in a scenario with which UCLA was all too familiar. Just two years […]
Hundreds of dining hall lockers broken despite renovations
Josh Bayne spent 10 minutes standing in the rain outside Bruin Plate Tuesday night waiting for an open locker with his computer bag in hand. Dozens of lockers were left open along the walls. But as the crowd of wet, frustrated students milling around Bayne quickly discovered, none of the open lockers worked. “I take […]
Women’s volleyball senior aims to recapture freshman title experience
Zoë Nightingale was a natural behind the net. Throughout her fledgling volleyball career, her coaches never thought twice of putting her at any other position other than middle blocker. “I was 6-foot-3 in eighth grade, so they put the tall girl in the middle, so I’ve never played any other position, except middle,” Nightingale said. […]
Inspired by grandfather, 13 cousins devote themselves to charity work
Sara Boodaie’s 13 grandchildren share more than a physical resemblance – they’re all UCLA students or alumni and each wants to give back to their community. “I like to think that it is in our genes to want to help people,” Boodaie said. The grandchildren’s altruism started with social action projects Sara Boodaie undertook with […]
UCLA student makes his mark as tattoo artist
Juan Garces used to think tattoos were taboo. Now, he has tattooed more than 150 students. Garces, a fifth-year Spanish and community and culture student, has been tattooing students at UCLA since he transferred here three years ago. After his younger brother pursued a tattooing apprenticeship and began working at Cali Life Tattoo in Newport […]
Top-ranked UCLA women’s soccer falls to Virginia, crushing title hopes
There is a saying: A picture is worth a thousand words. The silence that pervaded the scene after UCLA women’s soccer’s 2-1 defeat against Virginia seemed to be the only thing that spoke on the sidelines of Drake Stadium. It painted a picture of 32 players, some in tears, others with blank stares, but all […]