Hundreds of feet stamped on the ground in unison, as chants of "Education should be free "“ no cuts, no fees" rose in the air and people flooded into the hallway. Read more...
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Campus, News
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March 4, 10:49 pm
National Lawyers Guild members attend protests to observe and record police action
Lincoln Ellis was arrested in the fall of 2002 at a protest on the buildup to the Iraq war. He received help from a National Lawyers Guild attorney and was not charged. Read more...
Photo: Jocelyn Thomas, a first-year graduate student in women’s studies, participates in Thursday’s rally at Bruin Plaza. “I believe that the UC system should be a public system, that students and the community have a right to education,” Thomas said.
Science & Health
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March 4, 10:43 pm
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine performs autopsy on 115-year-old woman to aid research
UCLA's Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine recently autopsied 115-year-old Gertrude Baines, formerly the oldest person in the world. Read more...
Photo: Gertrude Baines, a 115-year-old woman who was recently autopsied, was one of 77 living supercentenarians in the world ““ people aged 110 or older.
News, Westwood
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March 4, 10:39 pm
UCLA alumna’s study shows small dogs descend from Middle Eastern gray wolf
Shih tzus, malteses, chihuahuas and other small dogs all have a common ancestor: the Middle Eastern gray wolf. Read more...
Westwood
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March 4, 10:39 pm
Code-A-Thon Challenge pits UCLA against USC in contest to program software that would benefit individuals with disabilities
Last weekend, six teams of UCLA undergraduate programmers participated in the semi-finals of SS12, a competition where contesters worked on software to improve disabled people's accessibility to technology. Read more...
Campus, News
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March 4, 10:37 pm
Ackerman Student Union Jamba Juice temporarily receives “˜B’ health rating
The Ackerman Student Union Jamba Juice received a "˜B' rating in a random inspection last week by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health's Environmental Health office. Read more...
Photo: Ackerman Union’s Jamba Juice received a “˜B’ health rating last week from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. The rating returned to an “˜A’ Monday.
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March 4, 10:33 pm
Journalist Christopher Hitchens condemns anti-Semitism at Eighth Annual Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture
Journalist Christopher Hitchens delivered the Eighth Annual Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture to a full audience on Wednesday at Korn Convocation Hall. Read more...
Photo: Journalist Christopher Hitchens speaks at the Eighth Annual Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture in Korn Convocation Hall at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. Hitchens spoke at the event to promote peace and tolerance.