Saturday, June 20

Hoping UCLA will earn an ecological 4.0

Dressed in schoolgirl uniforms with report cards in one hand and bowls of organic oranges in the other, members of the student group Ecology, Economy, Equity acted out a skit last Friday to illustrate the letter-grade standings released by the Sustainable Endowments Institute last month. Read more...



Speakers debate donation policies

UCLA faculty and students shouted playfully at each other Thursday while debating the issue of compensation for human tissue given for stem cell research after a lecture on the topic given by UCLA law Professor Russell Korobkin. Read more...


UCLA seeks to reach youth

DEADLINE The application deadline is today at 5 p.m. in the undergraduate admissions office in Murphy Hall. In an effort to reach out to students in Los Angeles, the admissions office is in the process of starting a program to send current UCLA students to local high schools to represent the university and answer questions. Read more...


Group combats for peace

Suleiman Al-Hamri, a Palestinian, and Shimon Katz, an Israeli, spoke together and shared their personal stories of nonviolent revelation during a discussion Thursday night at UCLA. Read more...


All in the name of brotherhood

Surrounded by sorority girls and feeling uncomfortable displaying affection toward his long-time partner, Richard Passmore-Ramirez did not feel like a perfect match rushing a Latino fraternity of prominently straight membership, he said. Read more...