Thursday, July 16

Restoring waterways of the past

Two large creeks once flowed through the east and west sides of the UCLA campus. But in order to construct more buildings in the early 1930s, most of the two creeks was buried. Read more...



Editorial: A letter of welcome to a California ex-governor

Allow us to be among the first to say it: Welcome to UCLA, Mr. Gray Davis. When we heard the ex-governor of this state was packing his bags and heading south to do some lecturing at the UCLA School of Public Affairs, we thought we’d reacquaint you with some student sentiment. Read more...


Health symposium discusses Katrina

Creating a scene similar to an aerobics class in the Wooden Center, attendees and speakers at a symposium about health disparities on Tuesday paused mid-session for an exercise recess, in spite of the ties, slacks and button-down shirts many were wearing. Read more...


Coalition wants UCLA to go organic

Many of the fruits and vegetables served in UCLA dining halls and restaurants have been treated with pesticides and transported from around the world. The California Student Sustainability Coalition hopes to change that. Read more...


Parks leaves mark on history

When UCLA alumnus Willy Leventhal met Rosa Parks in the mid-1970s, he found that she matched the description he had always heard. “She was a very quiet-spoken person, a very dignified person,” Leventhal said, speaking on his cell phone from the Rosa Parks Library and Museum at Troy University in Alabama. Read more...


The downtown housing crisis

In a narrow building near the border of skid row, third-year UCLA law student Matt Williamson sat in a folding chair and listened to Delvina Thompson read a litany of complaints about her home at the Huntington residential hotel. Read more...