Political science professors in a panel discussion Wednesday said they think the major Democratic losses in this year’s midterm election will cause a gridlocked government, preventing significant legislation from coming out of Congress in Barack Obama’s final two years as president. Read more...
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November 13, 1:34 pm
UCLA CAPPP panel predicts government gridlock
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November 13, 1:12 am
ACM opens Speaker Series with talk by Internet pioneer, UCLA professor
Forty-five years ago, he sent the first ever instant message from the halls of Boelter to a computer in a Stanford lab. The Stanford computer crashed almost instantly, flashing just the letters "LO" before going blank. Read more...
Photo: Leonard Kleinrock, one of the Internet’s early pioneers, spoke to about 30 students in a crowded Boelter Hall classroom Wednesday. (Kailey Rishovd/Daily Bruin)
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November 13, 1:12 am
UCLA student veteran creates Drago Data app for IBM SmartCamp contest
Fourth-year anthropology student Shann Dornhecker remembers standing in her apartment sobbing because she couldn't find her keys. Other days, she would have sudden angry outbursts or be startled by loud noises. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year anthropology student Shann Dornhecker’s app, Drogo Data, allows users to input data on a spreadsheet while they are still in the field. The app saves users hours of tediously typed up data after already spending time in the field logging data into a notebook. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
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November 13, 12:56 am
GSA fills seat for vice president of internal affairs
The graduate student government elected UCLA law student Milan Chatterjee to fill a vacant cabinet seat Wednesday. Chatterjee, formerly the director of Graduate Students Association’s discretionary funding, ran against Heidi Alexander and Matthew FitzGerald for the GSA vice president of internal affairs position. Read more...
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November 13, 12:51 am
Philanthropist gifts $10 million for new center at TFT
A Los Angeles-based philanthropist recently donated $10 million to launch a new center at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. Jeff Skoll, founder and chairman of Participant Media and former president of eBay, gave $10 million to create the Skoll Center for Social Impact Entertainment. Read more...
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November 13, 12:49 am
Scholarship honors UCLA alum’s legacy
Members of UCLA’s Sigma Pi fraternity and the family of 2010 alumnus Garni Arakelian gathered last month in a small ceremony to honor his life and legacy. Read more...
Photo: Garni Arakelian stands with his girlfriend of five years, Jenny Ladner. (Courtesy of Astineh Arakelian)
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November 12, 1:48 pm
UCPD arrests former UCLA student for YRL laptop theft
Police arrested a UCLA alumnus Tuesday in connection with the weekend theft of more than 50 MacBook laptops from the Charles E. Young Research Library. Read more...
Photo: UCPD retrieved 53 laptops late Tuesday from Seyed Hesari’s Hollywood home. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)