There was a shout. “The president has been shot,” a Daily Bruin staffer announced to the newsroom. Don Harrison remembers dozens of students gathering to watch a machine print out the breaking headlines line by line. President John F. Kennedy had been assassinated. Harrison was working as an editorial editor for the Bruin when the […]
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UCLA workers participate in statewide strike
Two union strikes on Wednesday caused the shutdown of several residential restaurants, the cancellation of several discussion sections and the delay of some elective surgeries, costing the University of California millions of dollars.
Bruin Origami Society co-founders teach UCLA students art
The slow, stretched jazz notes of Miles Davis’ “Blue in Green” harmonized with the rhythm of focused fingers smoothing little, bright blue squares of paper. The last of the students settled into their desks, ready to get to work on their origami – the chalkboard was already covered in a disarray of diagrams. In a […]
Professor teaches about the Baha’i Faith
As a young atheist, Nader Saiedi felt that his family’s religion contradicted his trust in reason. The current UCLA professor could not reconcile what he believed were inconsistencies between faith and reason until he began researching the Baha’i Faith – a religion the Iranian government considers heretical, Saiedi said. The Baha’i Faith is a minority […]
Student of Color Conference discusses racial diversity in UC
Three protesters stood on the roof of a white Chevy in the intersection of Wilshire and Westwood boulevards, one wielding a megaphone, to voice their discontent with what they think is a low level of diversity in higher education. “Don’t forget why you’re here. We’re here for change,” said University of California student regent Cinthia […]
Myles Jack powers No. 13 UCLA past Washington
PASADENA — The entire crowd knew it was coming. With UCLA facing a third-and-goal on the 2-yard line and linebacker Myles Jack in the backfield, thousands of fans got on their feet in nervous anticipation of what the freshman’s 12th carry of the game would bring.
UCPD dispatchers answer the call of duty
There are always a few calls that become ingrained in a dispatcher’s memory. Two years ago, dispatcher Eric Dunn answered such a call – a man in a car had cut himself with a knife and his location was unknown. From his desk in the university police station, Dunn talked to the man while police […]