Twelve students sang and played traditional Indian instruments at Meyerhoff Park Thursday afternoon to protest police brutality against Sikhs who peacefully protested in Punjab, India, on Oct. 14. Simran Bohgunh, president of the Sikh Student Association, or SSA, said the organization arranged the protest in an attempt to educate students about what he called unrest […]
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Fidel Castro’s daughter discusses experiences in communist Cuba
Fidel Castro’s daughter told tales about the Cuban revolution and shared her parents’ love story with more than 100 UCLA community members Wednesday evening. Alina Fernández Revuelta, 59, was the keynote speaker for a leadership conference in Carnesale Commons on Wednesday night. She was born in Cuba in 1956 to a Havana socialite and a […]
USAC passes resolution supporting federal loan legislation
The undergraduate student government unanimously passed a resolution urging the speedy passage of three pieces of federal student loan legislative. The Undergraduate Students Association Council voted to show its support of bills HR 1713, S 793 and S 729, which would enact an employer-student repayment plan that gives employers tax credit for helping pay off […]
Alumni develop emergency notification app as alternative to BruinAlert
Two UCLA alumni created a mobile application last year that aims to improve the efficiency of emergency notifications in communities and address response time, relevancy and other technological limitations of other similar programs. Jon Dearing, a UCLA Anderson School of Management alumnus, and Wade Norris, a School of Engineering and Applied Science alumnus, said officials […]
Westwood eatery Delphi Greek celebrates 30th anniversary
Charles Winkler said Delphi Greek’s current employees were as friendly at the restaurant’s 30th anniversary ceremony Sunday as the original owners were when he visited on its opening day in 1985. “I worked down the street on Rochester (Avenue), and I was looking for a place to eat lunch,” Winkler said. “When I walked into […]
Bruins for Bernie, Bruin Democrats host debate viewing party
Members of Bruins for Bernie joined Bruin Democrats for a Democratic debate viewing party Tuesday night, filling almost every seat in a 350-person lecture hall. Stomping and whistling drowned out parts of the live-stream of the event held in Young Hall. Students cheered for a majority of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.) political platforms, but were […]
Young Research Library 3-D printer accepts student, faculty proposals
The black, cube-shaped 3-D printer hummed as lasers stacked thin layers of plastic-infused white filament upon each other, giving 3-D life to a 2-D design. After the printer completed its job, Doug Daniels removed a lattice-patterned skull from the platform. The printer, located on the second floor of Charles E. Young Research Library, was only […]