Tuesday, July 14

In the news:

Undie Run photo essay

At midnight on March 23, an estimated 1,000 UCLA students took to campus in their underwear. The Undie Run, a four year old student tradition, usually goes through the streets of Westwood, but this year due to safety concerns, UCLA administrators rerouted it onto campus. Read more...



Anderson Forecast shifts focus to China

China is on track for long-term economic growth and the expansion of the Asian powerhouse will likely yield more opportunities than threats for the United States, according to economists and business leaders who spoke at the presentation of the UCLA Anderson Forecast on Wednesday. Read more...


Immigration bill incites protest

Contentious debate and widespread protests erupted this past week as lawmakers in the House and Senate began debating an immigration reform bill that would tighten restrictions on immigrants trying to cross the border between the United States and Mexico. Read more...



Civil Engineering students subject dormitory models to simulated earthquake test

Wood splintered, screws flew and columns sheared off from their bases when a series of earthquakes shook the UCLA campus last week. Scale models of college dormitories were put to the seismic test in an earthquake simulator when seven teams from California universities competed in the seismic-design challenge Friday during the 2006 Pacific Southwest Regional Conference of the American Society of Civil Engineers, hosted by the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science. Read more...