GALA showcases “˜live homosexual
acts’
Members of the Multicultural Gay and Lesbian Association held
“Live Homosexual Acts” at Meyerhoff Park Thursday
afternoon, aimed to fight and breakdown stereotypes about the LGBT
community.
Its title drew a small crowd of curious bystanders, but the
program included no sexual acts. Instead, members had lunch on the
lawn and participated in a water balloon fight.
“A couple people asked me if we were going to be getting
it on,” said Maria Guerrero, chair of GALA.
Guerrero said her organization wanted to raise awareness and
show the community “what queers are all about.”
“We’re students just like everyone else,”
Guerrero said. “We have water balloon fights like everyone
else.”
GALA will be holding a number of events this quarter, including
“Disco Playground” May 18 in Kerckhoff Grand Salon, and
“The Dating Game” June 16 in Cooperage.
Four students protest as part of assignment
To demonstrate against metered parking, four students collected
signatures Thursday, calling for improvements to UCLA’s
parking system.
The students, all of who are majoring in political science, are
part of a new organization called Students Against Unfair Parking
and Enforcement Revenues.
The demonstrators came to the site at 7 a.m. to place nine cars
in nine parking spots.
“We got an overwhelming response right away ““ at one
point we had people line up to sign the petition,” said
third-year student, Zeb Wallace. “People are really
angry.”
According to the demonstrators, those who voiced their concerns
by signing the petition were not only students but also teachers
and police officers.
Students were upset because quarters in campus meters are worth
eight minutes compared to Westwood meters, which are worth 20 to 30
minutes.
“I think its really ridiculous,” said second-year
political science student Dana Ozolos. “I didn’t have
parking last year and I ended up getting tickets costing me in the
thousands.”
The students formed SUPER earlier this quarter and came up with
the idea of voicing their views on parking in their Political
Science 149 class.
“We were sitting in class and I had this idea of trying to
fix the whole parking situation,” said third-year student
Puraj Puri.
Visiting professor Ted Rueter teaches the class, which includes
required reading such as “Political Fundraising for
Dummies” and “Hardball” by Chris Matthews. The
class also requires students to choose their own cause to work on
throughout the quarter. The four students collected 473 signatures
on their petition by the end of their demonstration.
Dining services to offer online pizza
service
UCLA Dining Services plans to offer an online daily pizza
pick-up program on a trial basis in the second half of the
quarter.
Students will be able to order and pay for pizzas online and
pick them up at Rieber dining hall with payment by credit card,
BruinCard or through 14- or 19-premiere meal card plans.
“It’s still in the infancy stages. Our design group
is working on the Web site right now,” said Charles Wilcots,
assistant director of Dining Services.
Every night from 8 p.m. until midnight, Dining Services will
offer 16 inch pizzas. Students will be able to choose when they
want to pick up their pizzas, which will be ready as early as 10-15
minutes after ordered. Wilcots and Dining Services staff will
evaluate the program throughout the summer, and revise it as
necessary in preparation for next school year.
Compiled from Daily Bruin staff reports.