Last November, the UCLA Central Ticket Office began offering season ticket opportunities for the 2014 UCLA football season, featuring six Bruin home games at the Rose Bowl. Similar to past seasons, the ticket prices changed again, but the price changed by a greater degree than usual this year. Even though the UCLA football team finished […]
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Food and new customs break down language barriers
There are few things I love more than food. Cooking it, decorating with it, eating it – whatever it is, I’m down. And I’m not a picky eater by any means. But living with a Spanish host mother here in Salamanca definitely changed my eating habits, from meal times to food preferences. Here’s what a […]
Album Review: ‘1000 Forms of Fear’
Through powerful vocals, electric drums and dark lyrics, Sia paints the portrait of a person who has encountered the less tasteful side of life in her latest album, “1000 Forms of Fear.” The studio album, the sixth by the singer-songwriter, is one that channels a darkness that comes from the downsides of fame, heartbreak and […]
Former professor and noted economist Michael Intriligator dies at 76
Michael Intriligator, a noted UCLA economics and public policy professor emeritus who helped build the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations during his career, died on June 23 after a long battle with leukemia. He was 76 years old. Intriligator came to UCLA in 1963 as a member of the economics department, but colleagues said […]
Class designs website mapping unsafe campus “hotspots”
Students identified what they described as eight unsafe “hotspots” on the UCLA campus in a website created last quarter for an honors class. They also suggested ways the university could improve campus safety in response to violent crimes around UCLA. The website, called “Policies for a Safer Campus,” listed eight places on campus that the […]
Editorial: Governor’s budget does not prioritize UC funding
Last week Gov. Jerry Brown approved a budget with a surplus for the second consecutive year. And while the University of California did see a modest increase in state funding, it’s nowhere near enough to lessen the burden on students and maintain the high quality of the premier public university system in the U.S. By […]
Songs & Stories: ‘276 (Bring Back Our Girls)’ by Femi
Philosophy graduate student Olufemi Taiwo, who performs under the stage name Femi, plays his original song “276 (Bring Back Our Girls)” to raise awareness and funds in support of the 276 girls kidnapped by the terrorist organization Boko Haram in Chibok, Nigeria. The Nigerian-American Femi shares a personal connection to the tragedy but believes we […]