Friday, February 13

USAC left with smaller surplus than previous years

The original version of this article contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. The undergraduate student government will have to work with a smaller amount of funds left over from previous councils than it has in recent years after the 2012-2013 council spent much of its surplus fund. Read more...



Union strikes may affect UCLA classes, health services

Discussion sections for some classes and certain patient services at UCLA’s hospitals will be cancelled or limited today because of strikes by two major unions. Up to about 3,800 unionized employees may not show up for their work shifts today at UCLA’s hospitals and patient care facilities. Read more...


Bruin Origami Society co-founders teach UCLA students art

The slow, stretched jazz notes of Miles Davis’ “Blue in Green” harmonized with the rhythm of focused fingers smoothing little, bright blue squares of paper. The last of the students settled into their desks, ready to get to work on their origami – the chalkboard was already covered in a disarray of diagrams. Read more...

Photo: Harsh Karthik, a second-year applied mathematics student, showed members of the Bruin Origami Society how to create origami art at one of the club’s Monday night meetings.




Professor teaches about the Baha’i Faith

As a young atheist, Nader Saiedi felt that his family’s religion contradicted his trust in reason. The current UCLA professor could not reconcile what he believed were inconsistencies between faith and reason until he began researching the Baha’i Faith – a religion the Iranian government considers heretical, Saiedi said. Read more...

Photo: Professor Nader Saiedi teaches about the Baha’i Faith, a minority religion that is becoming increasingly popular throughout the world.



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