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Samuel Goetz, UCLA alumnus and Holocaust education advocate, dies at 85

Samuel Goetz, a UCLA alumnus and Holocaust survivor who paved the way for the creation of the first Holocaust studies chair at a public university in the United States, died on Oct. 24 of pancreatic cancer at his Los Angeles home. He was 85. Goetz’s friends said he embodied a rare blend of tenacity and […]

Ace Hagar, loving brother, genuine friend deceased

Ace Hagar, a third-year undeclared student, died Sept. 30 from injuries sustained in a car crash on Interstate 15. He was 24 years old. Hagar’s family and friends knew him as a loving brother and genuine friend who worked hard to attend his dream school, UCLA, and became the first in his family to go […]

UCLA Luskin School graduate loved politics, dogs

Steve Collett, a recent graduate of the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs and well-known Libertarian activist, died Oct. 27 of complications related to pneumonia. Collett, 59, was president of Venice-based Collett & Company, Inc., a public accounting firm, for more than a decade before entering political life as a candidate for California’s 33rd Congressional […]

UCLA students granted True Bruin Distinguished Senior Award

The True Bruin Distinguished Senior Award – funded by the Alumni Scholarship Program and given to meritorious seniors who have demonstrated True Bruin values – was awarded to five UCLA students this October. The students each received a $5,000 scholarship. They were chosen from more than 200 applicants by alumni donors and volunteers, said Ann […]

UCLA ORL holds contest for new theme community on the Hill

The UCLA Office of Residential Life recently opened their yearly theme community contest, allowing students to submit ideas for new themed floors on the Hill. The contest is part of an effort to provide more options for students to discover a community at UCLA, said Zan Tansey, the resident director at Rieber Hall. The contest […]

UCLA Homecoming events to fund philanthropic causes

Some of the proceeds from this year’s UCLA Homecoming festivities will be donated to campus charities for the first time since Homecoming was reinstated two years ago. At least $6,000 of Homecoming’s profits will be donated to UCLA’s official student charity, UniCamp, said Connor Brownell, Homecoming’s director of external relations and a third-year business economics […]