The original version of this article contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. Gary Gardner, a playwriting and musical theater professor at UCLA for the past 40 years, died June 15 of natural causes. Read more...
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June 27, 11:43 am
Gary Gardner, longtime UCLA playwriting and musical theater professor, dies at 69
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June 26, 8:37 pm
Chick-fil-A holds giveaway event ahead of grand opening in Westwood
Kim Cochran arrived with a cow suit, a tent, her two kids and her husband at a Westwood parking lot early Wednesday morning. The San Fernando Valley resident set up camp a block away from Westwood’s newest addition – Atlanta-based fast-food chain, Chick-fil-A – to participate in the restaurant’s grand-opening festivities. Read more...
Photo: About 160 people, including San Fernando Valley resident Kim Cochran, participated a Chick-fil-A event, hoping to win a free meal a week for a year.
Campus, News
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June 26, 6:16 pm
UCLA Anderson’s proposal for self-supporting MBA program approved by UC president
University of California President Mark Yudof recently approved a UCLA Anderson School of Management proposal that will make its full-time MBA program financially self-supporting, officials announced today. Read more...
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June 26, 10:20 am
Supreme Court sends Prop. 8 back to California
In a significant victory for gay rights in California, Gov. Jerry Brown called for the state to once again allow same-sex individuals to marry, after the Supreme Court ruled on two historic cases involving same-sex marriage today. Read more...
Campus, News, Student Government
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June 25, 1:20 pm
USAC Recap – June 24
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government of UCLA’s undergraduate students. Council meetings are Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417 and are open to all students. Read more...
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June 24, 9:58 am
Supreme Court sends affirmative action case back to lower courts
This post was updated at 11:40 a.m. The U.S. Supreme Court sent a case concerning the use of race in university admissions back to the lower courts Monday, saying the courts did not apply a proper level of “strict scrutiny” to the admissions policy in question. Read more...
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June 24, 12:00 am
Bruins teach children about healthy living in Venice
The red dye trickled slowly through the cotton-filled test tube like blood traveling through clogged arteries. Joseph Esdin remembered comparing the sluggishly moving dye to its quickly advancing analogue in an empty test tube during the early days of a community service club he founded as a UCLA undergraduate student. Read more...
Photo: Interns in the Together Educating and Advocating Community Health program tutor students in the Venice community. Students in TEACH create and present health-based lesson plans to the middle and elementary school students in Venice.