Dozens of student groups were able to organize better cultural events this school year under a referendum that allowed the Cultural Affairs Commission, an office in the undergraduate student government, to allocate about $100,000 to fund events. Read more...
Campus, News, Student Government
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May 15, 3:09 am
Student groups receive greater cultural event funding from referendum
Campus, News
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May 15, 3:08 am
UCLA graduate student incorporates dance background into activism
She stood in front of the downtown Los Angeles police station for hours, repeating movements and instructions before a small group while music blared from a speaker. Read more...
Photo: Shamell Bell, a UCLA graduate student in culture and performance, and Deidra “Krucial” Cooper demonstrated some of the street dance moves they incorporate into their protests. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin)
Campus, News
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May 15, 2:52 am
Faculty, alumni recount fight for passage of diversity requirement
After College of Letters and Science faculty voted down a diversity requirement proposal in 2004, the question for some was, “What do we do now?” Raymond Knapp, a musicology professor who had chaired the Academic Senate Undergraduate Council around that time, said he remembers having a hard conversation with former Undergraduate Students Association Council Academic Affairs Commissioner Sofia Kozak after the results came out. Read more...
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May 15, 2:51 am
Alumni prove career potential of humanities education
People always asked Linta Kunnathuparambil what she was going to do with her degree once she graduated. If her family wasn’t asking, friends or other adults who were simply looking out for her asked. Read more...
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May 15, 2:48 am
Alumna combines market research expertise with media, entertainment business
Growing up playing various musical instruments and participating in musical bands, Kerry Edelstein developed an empathy for artists. The market research guru and UCLA Anderson School of Management alumna said she wanted to work in the media and entertainment businesses, but she wasn’t going to make it as a professional performer. Read more...
Campus, News
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May 15, 2:44 am
Evolution of dining halls better suits student needs
Luis Martinez has seen old dining locations modernized and new ones built since he started working for dining services in 1986 as a first-year student. “I don’t feel like I graduated since I’ve been coming here for the last 27 years,” he said. Read more...
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May 15, 2:29 am
Donation to School of Law establishes challenge to fund scholarships
A group of anonymous donors recently contributed $1 million to the UCLA School of Law to fund a new scholarship program, according to a law school statement released Thursday. Read more...