Thursday, March 12

UCLA students protest to draw attention to Armenian Genocide

Their mouths covered with bands of bright orange tape, about 15 students stood in a straight line in front of Kerckhoff Hall on Thursday to protest and educate students about the Armenian Genocide. Read more...

Photo: Students in the Armenian Students’ Association at UCLA participated in a silent protest on Bruin Walk Thursday to protest denial of the Armenian Genocide by some countries.


Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright speaks to sold-out UCLA crowd

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright would sit in a tent in her living room as she reviewed private material to ensure that no spies would ever see them, she told a sold-out crowd in Royce Hall Wednesday night. Read more...

Photo: Madeleine Albright, the first woman to become U.S. secretary of state, spoke at Royce Hall Wednesday night about globalization, technology and other issues.



Students for Justice in Palestine opens Alex Odeh Memorial Library at UCLA

The library in Kerckhoff 146 blends into the background, but the books on the shelf are crisp, new and hand-picked for a specific reason. The books – which cover novels about Palestine to journals about current events in the Middle Eastern area– are neatly stacked in the single shelf. Read more...

Photo: Kaleb Herman Adney, a fourth-year history student and director of resources and education of Students for Justice in Palestine, peruses a book in the recently established Alex Odeh Memorial Library in Kerckhoff 146. The library, named in memory of a Palestinian-American civil rights leader, contains literature particularly on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.




UCLA medical student, Project RISHI treats leprosy patients in India

A patient climbed onto the table in the Indian village clinic and began unwrapping his bandages in front of UCLA medical student Nikhil Nadkarni. As the bandages came off bit by bit, Nadkarni began to get uneasy. Read more...

Photo: Nikhil Nadkarni, a UCLA medical student, is currently the adviser for Project Rural India Social and Health Improvement chapters at UCLA, UC San Diego and UC Davis.



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