Campus Queries is a series in which Daily Bruin readers and staff present science-related questions for UCLA professors and experts to answer. Q: What is Groundhog Day, and to what extent does scientific accuracy support its predictions? Read more...
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Though alcohol on college campuses has a less-than-positive reputation, a new club is hoping to establish a thoughtful drinking culture at UCLA. brvino, UCLA’s undergraduate wine club, seeks to educate students on wine history and wine growing – or viticulture – to create a community of like-minded individuals interested in the diversity of the wine industry, according to the club’s official mission statement. Read more...
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The Gender, Sexuality, & Society Living Learning Community brought queer fantasy to campus Friday through its annual Queer Prom. The event, which took place in the Covel Commons Grand Horizon Room, centered on the theme of queer fantasy. Read more...
Photo: The Covel Commons Grand Horizon Room, which played host to the annual Queer Prom event Friday, is pictured. The event included performances, dancing and the handing out of resources. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated March 3 at 10:27 p.m. Members of the Asante Kingdom welcomed representatives of the Fowler Museum to Ghana to return several cultural items that were unethically collected over a century before. Read more...
Photo: Pictured is the Fowler Museum. The museum’s staff returned art to Ghana last month as part of repatriation efforts for stolen artifacts. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated March 4 at 7:50 p.m. A Fiat Lux class now gives students the chance to build virtual escape rooms filled with the Lotus-eaters and the Cyclops’ cave of Homer’s Odyssey. Read more...
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Few North Campus students are ever seen in a math classroom. Even fewer enjoy taking math classes so much that they start attending them for fun. Read more...
Photo: The Math Sciences Building, which houses the Department of Mathematics, is pictured. Students are petitioning the department to renew the contract of Richard Wong, an assistant adjunct professor. (Mia Tavares/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Students sang and danced at the Afrikan Diaspora Living Learning Community’s annual Black Extravaganza on Wednesday. The event, which took place in the Covel Commons Grand Horizon room, featured spoken word poetry, rap, singing and dancing, according to the event’s website. Read more...
Photo: Pictured are members of the Nigerian Students Association performing at the annual Black Extravaganza. The event, which was hosted by the Afrikan Diaspora Living Learning Community, featured poetry, rap, dance and singing. (Brianna Carlson/Daily Bruin)
