Thursday, July 23

Weyburn blunders are UCLA’s responsibility

The university intended Weyburn Terrace to be the ideal home for graduate students. Instead, the housing project has been plagued by repeated delays and quality control problems that have made it all but uninhabitable for many students. Read more...


Nommo to publish again after two-quarter hiatus

Nommo, which means “the power of the word” in the Dogon language, is the black community’s newsmagazine at UCLA. Absent from the campus for the past several months, it will be distributing its first issue next week on Feb. Read more...


School of Law hosts biannual competition

Preparations for the Spring Moot Court Competition oral arguments, which will take place on Feb. 19, are currently underway at the UCLA School of Law. Forty-seven students are participating in the competition, which simulates an appellate court. Read more...



Folk medicine goes online

As a teenager, Professor Michael Owen Jones remembers having a particular wart on his finger. Based on the advice of a farmer, he rubbed the wart with a piece of apple, and buried the apple in the ground. Read more...


Hospital construction over budget

Construction shortfalls and delays at the Westwood Replacement Hospital will cost UCLA an estimated $35 million to $45 million more than anticipated by the time the hospital opens for operation in 2007, said the hospital’s project director Thursday. Read more...