Tuesday, May 26

UCLA moving toward sale of Hannah Carter Japanese Garden in Bel Air

Several cultural artifacts were removed from the UCLA Hannah Carter Japanese Garden Tuesday, the next step toward the university's planned sale of the garden by the end of January. Read more...

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The UCLA Hannah Carter Japanese Garden in Bel Air, owned by UCLA since 1965, is scheduled to be sold by the university this month.


Websites protest anti-piracy bills with blackout

Students trying to access sites such as Wikipedia, Reddit and Mozilla Firefox Tuesday night after 9 p.m. saw blacked-out screens instead of home pages. Read more...

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Wikipedia has shut down its English site for 24 hours in order to raise awareness about U.S. legislation that could restrict free access to the Internet (en.wikipedia.org)


Blue and Gold Opportunity Plan helps fund education

Mary Trejo pays for her daughter's eye care, dental bills and trips home to Sunnyvale, Calif. But that's where Trejo's financial contributions end for her daughter Maryssa Hall, a second-year political science student at UCLA. Read more...

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Second-year political science student Maryssa Hall is a recipient of the UC Blue and Gold Opportunity Plan, which helps students whose yearly family incomes are below $80,000 finance UC educations.




Dykstra residents to move into new De Neve residential halls in February

The students who call Dykstra Hall "home" will clear out their closets, take down their movie posters and relocate their lives to another dorm in about one month. Read more...

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Dykstra Hall residents are scheduled to move out of their building and into the new De Neve residential halls, named Holly and Gardenia, next month, as Dykstra undergoes renovations.