A proposal for an endowment fund lies before the Undergraduate Students Association (USAC) that could secure USAC against the type of fiscal recession it was plagued with last year.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will announce nominations for the 85th Annual Academy Awards this Thursday. Arts and Entertainment contributor Aalhad Patankar joins Long Story Short to review the major films recently released, including Life of Pi, Django, and the Hobbit, and shares his predictions for this year’s Oscar nominees. More »
Harry Potter week on the hill kicked off on Monday with a festival. Zoe Robbins is a second-year Anthropology student on the On Campus Housing Council committee in charge of planning Harry Potter week. More »
We asked students to share resolutions for the new year. More »
The gap between Thanksgiving dinner and Black Friday narrows more and more every year. As physical retailers struggle to compete with online giants like Amazon, the so-called “Black Friday Creep” is a means of remaining competitive and milking Black Friday mania as much as possible. More »
Finals week has finally arrived, and students find themselves more stressed out than ever before. Groups both associated with and independent of UCLA offer students support, though at the end of the day stress relief stems from the individual. Second year biochemistry major Brian Pham, Psychology professor Steven Lee, and Executive Director of the Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center David Baron discuss their opinions and advice regarding finals week and stress.
"Finals week proves to be a stressful experience for UCLA students"
Finals week has finally arrived, and students find themselves more stressed out than ever before. Groups both associated with and independent of UCLA offer students support, though at the end of the day stress relief stems from the individual. Second year biochemistry major Brian Pham, Psychology professor Steven Lee, and Executive Director of the Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center David Baron discuss their opinions and advice regarding finals week and stress.
More »With the Mayan calendar's doomsday prediction drawing near, students and professors wonder if Dec. 21, 2012 could be the day they draw their last breath. UCLA world arts and culture professor David Shorter shares the significance behind the ancient prophecy, while UCLA students describe what they would do if the end of the world was just two weeks away.
"Students share their plans for the end of the world"
With the Mayan calendar's doomsday prediction drawing near, students and professors wonder if Dec. 21, 2012 could be the day they draw their last breath. UCLA world arts and culture professor David Shorter shares the significance behind the ancient prophecy, while UCLA students describe what they would do if the end of the world was just two weeks away.
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