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Mandela influential in UC’s approach to anti-apartheid cause

From his prison cell on a small island off the coast of South Africa, Nelson Mandela revolutionized UCLA’s impact on and the UC’s involvement in, the anti-apartheid movement during the 1980s. Mandela, South Africa’s first democratically elected black president, died on Thursday at 95 years old. The revolutionary leader worked as a lawyer and political activist […]

Editorial: Recording USAC meetings would be a step toward transparency

At a recent weekly meeting, the undergraduate student government council discussed the possibility of live streaming its meetings online, but displayed an incomprehensible reluctance to simultaneously record these sessions. Avi Oved, the internal vice president, proposed at a meeting late last month that the Undergraduate Students Association Council use Google Hangouts or some similar technology […]

Food Forward redistributes produce to reduce hunger in LA

Food Forward, a local organization that collects produce from orchards, backyards, and farmers markets to distribute to people in need, is currently reaching out for volunteers to assist in their mission. Currently, Food Forward collects produce from seven Los Angeles-based farmers markets, said Alyson Schill, the volunteer manager of Food Forward. The organization has donated […]

Arts ReSTORE LA extends two vendors’ stays until end of December

Two vendors in the Arts ReSTORE LA: Westwood program have extended their agreement with the Hammer Museum to stay in the Village until the end of next month, while the other vendors left on Sunday. Arts ReSTORE LA: Westwood was an initiative proposed by the Hammer Museum to fill empty retail spaces in Westwood with […]

405 Freeway’s Montana Avenue off-ramp to permanently close

The Montana Avenue exit off of the northbound 405 Freeway will close permanently by Monday morning, officials said. The change is part of an ongoing construction project that is meant to ease traffic on the 405 Freeway by adding a lane and rebuilding several on- and off-ramps. The additional lane would have significantly shortened the […]

Submission: Looking back on the legacy of a fallen leader

If you were there at the time, you will find it hard to realize that the 50th anniversary of the election of John Fitzgerald Kennedy has already past. The iconic 35th President of the United States was elected in a close-run contest against then-Vice President Richard Nixon on Nov. 8, 1960, and was inaugurated on Jan. 20, 1961.