For the first time since 1974, no incumbent is running to represent UCLA and Westwood in the U.S. House of Representatives. Henry Waxman, a Democratic legislator who represented Westwood in the 33rd Congressional District for 40 years, announced in January that he will retire after the end of his term this year. In June’s primary […]
Tag Archives: Registration Issue 2014
Editorial: USAC campaigns should be held to state, national standards
The Undergraduate Students Association Council will hold a special election this fall to fill two seats at the council table: the General Representative 2 position after Nihal Satyadev’s resignation over summer, and the new transfer representative position. With an early election sure to set the tone for USAC’s work the rest of the year, the […]
Meet the Editors: Brendan Hornbostel, Gail Acosta, Natalie Green and Asher Landau
Brendan Hornbostel, A&E editor Having grown up playing drums and guitar in bands in San Francisco, I’ve always been one to over-scrutinize every song down to its notes and phrases to find that one lyric that captures the humanizing quality of a great piece of music. Here at Daily Bruin A&E, our commitment to presenting […]
Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, UCLA alumnus Tony Auth dies at 72
Tony Auth, a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist and former Daily Bruin staff member, died Sept. 14 at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania after undergoing treatment for metastatic brain cancer. He was 72. Auth was known by friends and readers as a cartoonist who could capture a complex issue with a single frame that evoked […]
Zoey Freedman: Common books with contemporary themes could help students connect
UCLA’s incoming students are bombarded with traditions from they moment arrive on campus: among them, the legendary campus tours and the historic crosstown rivalry that serve to bond students together and give them something in common to share. Another of these traditions is introducing and distributing the Common Book, the book picked by UCLA for […]
Flavors of Westwood: House of Meatballs to offer affordable, authentic Italian food
Slightly lost in the exotic land of Beverly Hills, I turned to the first person I spotted and asked directions to Da PasqualeTrattoria Italiana. This woman did not hesitate to steer metheright way before declaring that I would find the best Italian food I would ever have in that direction. Originally from Naples, Italy, Pasquale […]
UCLA engineering department implements 3-D printers
Justin Young, a fourth-year electrical engineering student, makes his selection to print, and the device starts humming loudly as the extruders dance back and forth across the plate, adding layers of hot plastic in a calculated design. The 3-D printer, which Young and his fellow students have been using for a little more than a […]