Sunday, August 2

Students hold memorial, protest over kidnappings in Mexico

A group of armed men disguised in masks and wearing black clothes entered Miranda Edmonds’ family home in Mexico two years ago and abducted her uncle, who had been out planting a tree with his son. Read more...

Photo: Eduardo Espericuetta, a third-year political science exchange student, holds a sign during the Wednesday protest of the Mexican government’s handling of the abduction of 43 students. (Manvel Kapukchyan/Daily Bruin)


UCLA student’s blog chronicles journey before, after double mastectomy

In the evenings when her husband was sleeping, she would talk to herself to prepare for the procedure. Though she was nervous about the decision she was making, she knew it could potentially change her genetic fate. Read more...

Photo: Rachel Stone, a graduate student at the UCLA School of Nursing, successfully underwent a prophylactic mastectomy in August and will undergo the second phase of the surgery in December. (Jessica Zhou/Daily Bruin)





UCLA CAPPP panel predicts government gridlock

Political science professors in a panel discussion Wednesday said they think the major Democratic losses in this year’s midterm election will cause a gridlocked government, preventing significant legislation from coming out of Congress in Barack Obama’s final two years as president. Read more...


ACM opens Speaker Series with talk by Internet pioneer, UCLA professor

Forty-five years ago, he sent the first ever instant message from the halls of Boelter to a computer in a Stanford lab. The Stanford computer crashed almost instantly, flashing just the letters "LO" before going blank. Read more...

Photo: Leonard Kleinrock, one of the Internet’s early pioneers, spoke to about 30 students in a crowded Boelter Hall classroom Wednesday. (Kailey Rishovd/Daily Bruin)