Thursday, May 14

800 Degrees limits pizza of the day special to weekdays

Westwood’s 800 Degrees Neapolitan Pizzeria offered a 50 percent-off daily special until last week, when it began selling the 11-inch Neapolitan pizzas for about $4 only on weekdays. Read more...

Photo: Molecular, cell, and developmental biology professor Matteo Pellegrini derived the number of different topping combinations for 800 Degrees’ pizza of the day special. (Conor Cusack/Daily Bruin)


My Last Lecture Award features assistant adjunct professor Randall Rojas

At age 13, Randall Rojas looked to the skies and felt humbled by the serenity and beauty of space. When he first read Albert Einstein’s writings on the forces of nature, he learned about the “theory of everything” – the idea that all physical laws governing the universe can be explained by a single mathematical equation. Read more...

Photo: UCLA alumnus and economics professor Randall Rojas delivered his “Last Lecture” Tuesday, a lecture series where students nominate a professor to give a lecture about what he or she would say if it was the last lecture he or she would ever give. (Mary Kate Turner/Daily Bruin)



USAC passes resolution calling for Gov. Brown to allocate $100M to UC

The undergraduate student council unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday asking Gov. Jerry Brown to allocate $100 million to the University of California. Councilmembers think this allocation would make tuition more affordable. Read more...

Photo: USAC unanimously passed a resolution calling for more state funds for the University of California, days before Gov. Jerry Brown is expected to release his annual May Revise budget. (Julie Song/Daily Bruin)



USAC offices to release 2015-2016 staff applications online

Undergraduate student government officers plan to release online applications for their 2015-2016 office staff positions this week. Some of the applications are already live and can be found on the Undergraduate Students Association Council website and Facebook page this week, said USAC President Heather Rosen. Read more...

Photo: Undergraduate student government internal vice president Heather Hourdequin recently started her second term on council. The internal vice president’s office and several others plan to release applications for office staff positions this week. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Student group hosts concert to launch Taiwanese American Heritage Week

The Taiwanese American Social Change Initiative at UCLA kicked off the national Taiwanese American Heritage Week with a free benefit concert Monday at Carnesale Commons. Many students who attended the concert cheered and bobbed their heads to the beatbox solo during a performance by UCLA a cappella group AweChords of “Burning Bridges” by OneRepublic. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA a cappella group AweChords performed Monday evening at the Taiwanese American Social Change Initiative’s free benefit concert on the Hill. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)