It was midnight, and Christine Wang felt edgy. The then-third-year anthropology student worked the night shift at The Coffee Bean in Westwood. After locking the doors, Wang began the walk back to her apartment across from the cemetery on Veteran Avenue. Her discomfort heightened as she walked down the dark, empty street. Read more...
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Christine Wang, a UCLA alumna, describes herself as “sensitive.” She said ghosts have appeared to her since she was 3 years old.
When it comes to the paranormal, William Newman, UCLA professor of earth and space sciences, prescribes to a quote by his graduate school mentor and author Carl Sagan "“ "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." Read more...
The phone calls would come in, and the voice on the other side would ask, "Do you believe in ghosts?" This wasn't a prank. Read more...
One of the principle tenets of the Baha'i faith is the agreement between science and religion: that religion without science is superstitious, and that science without religion lacks morality. Read more...
Bahar Moheban came to UCLA with a sense of faith. Read more...
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Bahar Moheban, a fourth-year psychobiology student, said she felt an increase in her spirituality since coming to UCLA.
A large sign jutted off the roof of the building, affixed with a neon green marijuana leaf. Read more...
If passed, Proposition 19, the Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010, will allow California residents to grow marijuana for private use or purchase the drug at local grocery stores. The item was first placed on the California ballot last March by medical marijuana provider Richard Lee, and the proposition will be on the ballot next month. According to Yes on 19 spokesman Dan Newman, the initiative is a logical response to California's "failed war" on the drug. Though previous legislation under Proposition 215 only legitimized marijuana use for medical purposes, the drug remains popular in the recreational drug scene as well. Read more...
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