Associated Students UCLA textbook buyers are working on a preliminary plan to carry more electronic textbooks, though there is no fixed timeline for the transition. Read more...
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March 7, 3:10 am
ASUCLA working on plan to carry more electronic textbooks
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March 7, 3:09 am
Google vice president and father of the Internet Vinton Cerf speaks on future online possibilities
As a graduate student at UCLA, Vinton Cerf worked on a team that eventually created the first computer network. Later, as an associate professor at Stanford, he helped develop a code to allow for the movement of digital data. Read more...
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Vinton Cerf, vice president of Google, spoke about the future of the Internet on Tuesday. Cerf is widely regarded as one of the fathers of the Internet.
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March 7, 3:06 am
UCLA alumnus and “˜Band of Brothers’ veteran Lynn “˜Buck’ Compton dies
Lynn "Buck" Compton, a former UCLA baseball and football player, decorated war veteran portrayed in the HBO mini-series "Band of Brothers," judge and Los Angeles deputy district attorney, died at his daughter's home in Burlington, Wash., Feb. 25. Read more...
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Lynn “Buck” Compton
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March 7, 3:03 am
USAC Recap – March 6
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...
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March 6, 12:11 am
Student protesters rally against education cuts at state Capitol
Thousands of student protesters from across California gathered at the state Capitol in Sacramento on Monday to protest recent budget cuts and lobby politicians for increased state funding for higher education, actions that evolved into an occupation of the Capitol rotunda by the afternoon. Read more...
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March 6, 12:09 am
Into the spotlight: UCLA group Bruin LIGHTS aims to inspire local high school, middle school students with performing arts
Once a week at Phoenix and twice a week at a local middle school, a handful of LIGHTS' 17 active members lead sessions designed to help students feel comfortable with their personal identities. Read more...
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Tenth grader Brittany Johnson, 17, of Phoenix High School, performs a dance on Friday during a weekly class with UCLA student group Bruin LIGHTS.
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March 6, 12:06 am
Greek Week kicks off with Olympic-themed activities to raise funds for charity
A sea of students clad in colorful T-shirts gathered in Bruin Plaza on Monday morning, assembling beanbag tosses and makeshift Diet Coke flip cup games. Read more...
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Greek Week, a four-day event that publicizes the Greek System and raises money for charity, kicked off Monday with a carnival in Bruin Plaza.