This post was updated Aug. 23 at 9:50 a.m. The Watermelone Music Festival was born in Bruin Plate. It was there that second-year statistics student Sheila Wang and second-year undeclared student David Jiaye Pan first discussed the idea of putting together their own music festival and later held planning meetings in the same UCLA dining […]
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Alumna’s jewelry business fashions handmade crystal crowns
Adaeze Njaka repaired her mother’s necklaces using only her fingernails and teeth when she was a child. The UCLA alumna now creates her own jewelry – crystal crowns – for clients ranging from Renaissance fairgoers to Grammy-nominated Australian singer Sam Sparro. “It’s really cool that different types of people enjoy my crowns considering I didn’t […]
LA keeps 2024 deadline for Olympic projects despite winning 2028 bid
Little will change in Los Angeles’ plans for the Olympic Games despite Monday’s announcement that it would host the games in 2028, four years later than its original bid. The International Olympic Committee considered both Los Angeles and Paris to host the 2024 Games, but organizers reached an agreement for Los Angeles to host the […]
UC employees, students protest in support of contracted valet workers
This post was updated July 31 at 9:08 p.m. About 500 University of California workers and students protested the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center’s treatment of contracted valet service workers outside the medical center Friday. Valet service workers, who help park visitor and guest vehicles at the medical center, are contracted through ABM, a facility […]
Students protest arrests at Merced City Council meeting
MERCED — UCLA and UC Merced students and city residents protested the arrests of several students – including one from UC Merced – at a city council meeting Monday night. During Merced City Council’s public comment session, students gave personal anecdotes of their encounters with police and suggested ways the city could improve its police […]
Alum’s future film explores universal themes using immigrant experience
One of the most powerful scenes in the film “The Illegal” involves a simple Skype call. The main character tries to connect with his daughter in India after being away from home for almost 10 years. The scene highlights some of the pain that characterizes the typical immigrant experience, said Danish Renzu, the film’s director […]
UCPD gives all-clear following bomb threat reports, Hill evacuation
This post was updated July 16 at 4:54 p.m. UCLA students were evacuated from residences on the Hill Wednesday after a BruinAlert that warned of a bomb threat. According to an alert released at 10:11 p.m., there was a bomb threat at the Sunset Recreation Center. UCPD gave the all-clear for students to go back […]