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LADWP may claim financial responsibility for flood damage

UCLA officials said the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is appearing to claim financial responsibility for the damage done by Tuesday’s water main break, while workers continue to pump water out of Parking Structures 4 and 7. LADWP spokeswoman Kim Hughes said that LADWP officials had a conversation with UCLA Chancellor Gene Block […]

UCLA hosts Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Sports Awards

Over two dozen professional and Olympic athletes walked across the orange carpet outside of Pauley Pavilion prior to last week’s Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Sports Awards. These widely renowned sports figures were not there to promote their own image or bring extra attention to themselves. No, this day was for the kids. “I’m glad to be […]

Obituary: Former water polo player Marco Santos dies at 28

About a hundred people, including former UCLA water polo players, coaches, parents and friends, gathered at Spieker Aquatics Center on Sunday to celebrate the life of UCLA alumnus Marco Santos, who passed away at the age of 28 on June 24 after battling Lou Gehrig’s disease for three years. Santos, known as “Manga” by his […]

Student band Moonlight Express driven by funk, jazz styles

For Ryan Nealon, singing onstage is a breath of fresh air. Alongside his band Moonlight Express, the second-year ethnomusicology student has projected his voice from a recording studio in Melnitz Hall to JazzReggae Festival auditions this past spring. Nealon, lead vocalist for the band, organized Moonlight Express last fall with fellow students he met during […]

Flexible programs at UCLA Extension help enhance grads’ academic skills

Going back to school at age 51, Jim Schiefelbein found juggling his time between work, class and family a “whole different kettle of fish.” When Schiefelbein enrolled at UCLA Extension to improve his consulting skills and learn more about the practice, about three decades had passed since his undergraduate years at Georgetown University. “I was […]

Johnathan Franklin announces football retirement

Former UCLA and Green Bay Packers running back Johnathan Franklin announced his retirement from football Thursday. Franklin suffered a neck injury in Week 12 of the 2013-14 NFL season that initially ruled him out for the remainder of the season. The injury was later re-evaluated as one that will keep him from returning to the […]