Friday, June 19

Conference inspires model behavior

Bunche Hall was transformed into a center of foreign policy debate Veteran’s Day weekend, as hundreds of high school students in formal attire arrived to attend the 14th annual UCLA Model United Nations Conference. Read more...


Water purification advances

UCLA researchers say they have developed a new way to convert salt water to fresh water that will be more cost-efficient than current methods. Eric Hoek, a professor of civil and environmental engineering, and his team of researchers at the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Sciences announced Nov. Read more...


Film breaks language barriers

Swahili is not the most common language in films, but that is exactly the aspect of the movie industry that Tanzanian director Josiah Kibira wants to change. Read more...



Doctor-prescribed marijuana divides

There are times when he smokes to help himself study. There are times when he does it to relieve the pain in his knees. Then there are times when Mike uses medicinal marijuana to receive what he says is a smoother, much cleaner high than he can get from the cannabis he could obtain illegally. Read more...


City Hall connects to UCLA

Students looking to get their foot in the door of city politics may be in luck, as this coming spring, second-year graduate students from UCLA’s School of Public Affairs will be able to apply to a yearlong fellowship in the mayor’s office. Read more...


UCLA voters go against the grain

Click the Play button to begin playing the clip. This video requires the free QuickTime plug-in. Download this video directly to your computer. On Election Day, the Daily Bruin conducted exit polls at seven polling places on campus and in Westwood, recording information from 579 UCLA voters ““ and found that UCLA students’ voting patterns are not consistent with those of the state. Read more...