Friday, July 3

California Social Science Experimental Laboratory plans 2000th social experiment

If you were given $200 to split however you wanted between you and an anonymous person, what would you do? What if the other person could deny your offer and no one received any of the money, or if they could see your decision-making process on the computer? Read more...

Photo: William Zame, lab director of the California Social Science Experimental Laboratory, said the lab will be conducting its 2000th experiment this Friday.



Construction on the Hill at UCLA scheduled to bring four new residence halls by 2013

Walking up Bruin Walk past the Intramural Field and LA Tennis Center, students are greeted by gray scaffolding that blocks their path, as tractors cross along the small stretch of road that runs up the residential hill. Read more...

Photo: Construction crews work six days a week to build four new residence halls that will house an additional 1,500 students at UCLA. The buildings are scheduled to be completed by winter 2013.



Commuters make it to class without a car

Soaring rents have kept Jose Hernandez from living in Westwood the entirety of his four years at UCLA. Read more...

Photo: Brian Walker (left), a professor of political science, and Jose Hernandez, a fourth-year Latin American studies student, commute to UCLA everyday without a car. Walker bikes to campus, while Hernandez uses the Metro train and the Culvery City bus system.