Traditional Punjabi music, resonant with the sounds of Northern India, filled Bruin Plaza during the Sikh Student Association’s sixth annual Sikh Awareness Day on Tuesday. The fifth largest religion in the world, Sikhism emerged in Northern India more than 500 years ago. Read more...
Photo: Gagan Sandhu, a third-year psychobiology student, demonstrates how to tie a turban at Sikh Awareness Day. (Neil Bedi/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Donald Neuen, a choral conducting professor and choral studies director at UCLA, has conducted the orchestra and chorus in front of as many as 5,000 people. Read more...
Photo: Donald Neuen, a choral conducting professor and choral studies director at UCLA, gives his “last lecture” at UCLA Tuesday. (Carolyn Francis/Daily Bruin)
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government of UCLA’s undergraduate students. Council meetings are Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417 and are open to all students. Read more...
Photo: Current President John Joanino passed the gavel to President-elect Devin Murphy at Tuesday night’s meeting. (Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Candidates for the 26th California State Senate district discussed issues, including affirmative action and legalizing recreational marijuana, at the Korn Convocation Hall at 6 p.m. Tuesday. Read more...
Photo: Candidates for the 26th Senate District discussed their goals at a forum at UCLA Tuesday. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin)
The UCLA Academic Senate recently selected the recipients for the 2014 Distinguished Teaching Award, an achievement that honors faculty members who excel at teaching. Faculty members were nominated by their departments and the Committee on Teaching evaluated each nominee during a three-month period. Read more...
UCLA will hold a forum Tuesday for candidates running for the 26th California Senate district, which includes Westwood. The district, which follows the Los Angeles coast down to Ranch Palos Verdes, was redrawn following the 2010 census but has yet to elect a senator. Read more...
Dried-up riverbeds and withered flora littered the first few miles of the Fish Canyon Narrows hiking path. As a few dozen members of the The Hiking Club at UCLA navigated the trail and entered the shadier regions of the mountain, the group chanced upon small pools of clear mountain water. Read more...
Photo: The Hiking Club at UCLA is a student group with about 1,200 members. The organization goes to the Southern California backcountry to trek. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)
