Starting spring quarter, three online courses will be offered to UCLA students as a part of the University of California Online Instruction Pilot Project, though some students have expressed concerns with the prospect of online learning as opposed to standard courses. Read more...
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March 5, 12:32 am
UCLA to start offering online courses in spring quarter
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March 5, 12:30 am
UCLA selects Internet micro-loaning entrepreneur Jessica Jackley to be 2012 commencement speaker
Jessica Jackley, an Internet micro-loaning entrepreneur, will be the commencement speaker for the 2012 College of Letters and Science's graduation ceremony. Read more...
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Jessica Jackley, co-founder of Kiva.org, will be the 2012 commencement speaker for the College of Letters and Science’s graduation ceremony.
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March 5, 12:28 am
UCLA Food Not Bombs dishes out home-cooked meals to the homeless
As the Westwood Farmers Market came to a close on Thursday, a produce vendor handed a man she had never met before a brown grocery bag full of bok choy and other vegetables, free of charge. Read more...
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Members of UCLA Food Not Bombs gathered in Santa Monica on Thursday and distributed home-cooked meals to the homeless population there. Earlier in the day, group members collected food items from the Westwood Farmers Market, grocery stores and local restaurants.
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March 5, 12:25 am
Case Study: Anti-Copyright Trade Agreement draws backlash from German students
I have been trying to watch "The Big Bang Theory" for months now. I mean, I'm a physics major "“ it's a comedy about a couple of physicists. Its science adviser is a UCLA professor, and the Barenaked Ladies wrote the theme song. Read more...
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March 5, 12:21 am
UCLA clubs engineer Youth Motivation Day to boost student interest in the sciences
More than 225 middle school students fired rockets built from straws and clay, constructed towers out of paper and ate ice cream made form liquid nitrogen in Ackerman Grand Ballroom on Friday. Read more...
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Courtesy of Oscar Leyva
Volunteer Adam Provinchain, left, works with students during a communications-focused workshop at Youth Motivation Day on Friday.
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March 1, 11:51 pm
Occupy UCLA protesters stage “˜Festival of Resistance’ to support national day of action
Occupy UCLA students began gathering in Wilson Plaza around noon on Thursday, blasting music, setting up tents and sharing "community food." Read more...
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Geography graduate student KT Bender addresses a group of protesters during a teach-out in Wilson Plaza as part of a national day of action.
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March 1, 11:49 pm
MEChA de UCLA demonstrates in response to discrimination on campus
A group of students danced through the man-made walkway in Bruin Plaza, cheered on by protesters with signs that read "Brown and Proud" and "Actions speak louder than words." Read more...
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A group of participants gather in Bruin Plaza in response to Monday’s vandalism. Many of the protesters are members of MEChA.