One of Alana Sanchez-Prak’s larger host families during her trip to the Philippines relied on coconut trees as its primary source of income. The mother of the family remembered watching the roof fly off her home and seeing the trees collapse while trying to get her family to safety. Read more...
Photo: Undeclared second-year Alana Sanchez-Prak gives lecture about a typhoon aid relief project that she worked on in the Philippines. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)
#attachment_202260 { margin:5px; } About 100 students met in a Haines Hall classroom Monday to fine-tune the language of a divestment resolution the undergraduate student government will vote on next week. Read more...
The graduate student government is holding a special election on Wednesday to fill its vice president of internal affairs seat, after former student government officer Hope McCoy resigned in September. Read more...
University police are searching for a man wanted for stealing 55 MacBook Pro laptops from the Charles E. Young Research Library early Saturday morning. The laptops were stolen from an equipment loan room on the ground floor that is part of the Campus Library Instructional Computing Commons, police said. Read more...
Photo: University police say a man entered the Charles E. Young Research Library early Saturday morning and stole 55 MacBook Pro laptops. (UCPD)
Homelessness has long been an important issue to Anais Munoz, who remembers learning that even her classmates in elementary school had to deal with homelessness. Some of them didn’t have access to indoor plumbing and had to do their homework under streetlights. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Kathleen Yap)
The original version of this article contained information that was unclear and has been updated. See the bottom of the article for more information. A chorus-led court scene with formally dressed actors and a sentimental closing monologue from the play’s protagonist highlighted the English class’s first performance. Read more...
Small candles surrounded by gold lattice marked the center of each table in the ballroom. As the night began, men and women sat draped in elegantly flowing robes and scarves that shimmered when they caught the light. Read more...
Photo: Performers take part in Diwali celebrations hosted by UCLA Indus, a cultural organization whose goal is to promote unity among South Asians and educate the UCLA community about South Asian culture, in Ackerman Grand Ballroom Friday night. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)
