Thursday, May 21

Union strikes may affect UCLA classes, health services

Discussion sections for some classes and certain patient services at UCLA’s hospitals will be cancelled or limited today because of strikes by two major unions. Up to about 3,800 unionized employees may not show up for their work shifts today at UCLA’s hospitals and patient care facilities. Read more...


Bruin Origami Society co-founders teach UCLA students art

The slow, stretched jazz notes of Miles Davis’ “Blue in Green” harmonized with the rhythm of focused fingers smoothing little, bright blue squares of paper. The last of the students settled into their desks, ready to get to work on their origami – the chalkboard was already covered in a disarray of diagrams. Read more...

Photo: Harsh Karthik, a second-year applied mathematics student, showed members of the Bruin Origami Society how to create origami art at one of the club’s Monday night meetings.



UCPD and UCLA CAPS hold active shooter workshop

The chances of an active shooter situation are similar to the chances of being struck by lightning, students learned at a workshop held on the Hill Tuesday. Read more...

Photo: UCPD officer Paul Kunstmann taught students how they should act during an active shooter situation at a workshop Tuesday.