Wednesday, May 20

USAC plans campus bar

As the latest effort in the decades-long student movement for an on-campus bar, the undergraduate student government unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday night officially supporting the measure and calling for a referendum vote in the spring elections to poll support among students. Read more...


Growing expectations

At the edge of a grassy field nestled deep in the Sunset Canyon Recreation Center lies a plot of land currently inhabited by little more than sturdy trees and their fallen counterparts. Read more...



Editorial: Athletes hardly suffer lack of perks

Correction appended Footing the bill for a student-athlete’s tuition, books, housing and meals isn’t enough; the NCAA and universities should also be paying for their health insurance and their laundry ““ at least, that’s according to a lawsuit filed against the association. Read more...


UCLA tries out required alcohol awareness course

For the next four years, incoming freshmen will be required to take AlcoholEdu, an online alcohol awareness course, UCLA announced Wednesday. As UCLA’s first mandatory alcohol education program, AlcoholEdu is an online class that surveys students’ knowledge of and experiences with alcohol. Read more...


Twins’ first transplant complete

On Feb. 16, Nick Draper, a 7-month-old baby who had been awaiting a heart transplant since birth, continued to fight to live after receiving a new heart in an operating room of the Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA. Read more...


Loony tunes

“What’s the point of a revolution, without general, general copulation, copulation, copulation?” belted the cast of “Marat-Sade” at their Friday night rehearsal. Perhaps it’s not the conventional bellowings of college co-eds kicking off a three-day weekend, but this is also not a conventional play. Read more...