Saturday, August 15

In the news:

Former student dies in plane crash

A UCLA alumna was among the victims of last Thursday’s crash of a private jet in Aspen. Twenty-two-year-old Marissa K. Witham, a communications studies student who graduated last year, was killed along with 17 others after the Gulfstream III aircraft they were on crashed while on approach to Aspen-Pitkin County Airport. Read more...


Court rules against Wisconsin fees

By Robert Salonga Daily Bruin Reporter U.S. District Court Judge John C. Shabaz declared on March 15 that the University of Wisconsin’s student fee policy is still unconstitutional, despite recent changes the university made in the way fee revenue is distributed. Read more...


Mock trial team places fifth nationally

By Michaele Turnage Daily Bruin Contributor The UCLA mock trial team made history over the weekend when one of its two teams became the first western regional team to ever place in the nation’s top 10. Read more...


BruinGo! back for another year

By Rachael Straus Daily Bruin Contributor The BruinGo! Pilot program, which provides anyone with a BruinCard free access to the Santa Monica Bus Line, was extended for another academic year. Read more...




Buzz off!

  Illustration by JASON CHEN/Daily Bruin Senior Staff By Sharon Kim Daily Bruin Contributor Cell phones are both ubiquitous digital jingles of easily-recognizable pieces of classical music like “Ode to Joy” and indications of the advent of technology and mobile communication. Read more...