On May 13, 1960, a group of UC Berkeley students unofficially started the Free Speech Movement of the 1960s, as they protested a meeting of the House Un-American Activities Committee taking place at San Francisco City Hall. Read more...
Photo: Berkeley plans to celebrate the unofficial start of the Free Speech Movement, a sit-in at Sproul Hall that occurred over 40 years ago.
Tuesday afternoon, UCLA broke ground on a new era in the historic campus icon Pauley Pavilion. Read more...
Photo: Ben Howland (left) and Al Scates celebrate the renovation of Pauley Pavilion Tuesday.
Some Muslim students are concerned that Islam is being misconstrued after Faisal Shahzad, the main suspect in the attempt to detonate a car bomb in Times Square, told police the explosive was meant to "kill Americans." Read more...
When Darcy Hughes opened her Westwood marijuana dispensary B. Green, she never imagined she'd be shutting its doors a mere three years later. Read more...
The Undergraduate Students Association Council swore in the 2010-2011 councilmembers early Wednesday morning, offering advice and reflecting on the past year. Read more...
On June 11, 1970, a small daily newspaper in Santa Monica ran a short story about a mural that had recently been completed in UCLA's Ackerman Union. Read more...
Photo: A UCLA student is arrested on campus during one of several protests that inspired the mural in Ackerman Union.
While a sweet April shower was coming down outside, English Professor Michael Allen stood perfectly dry and silent in the English Reading Room, fixed on a portrait in a display, studying its features. Read more...
Photo: One of the first known painted portraits of Chaucer is housed in the English Reading Room in the Humanities Building. It is owned by the UCLA English department.
