Tuesday, December 16

Students for Justice in Palestine opens Alex Odeh Memorial Library at UCLA

The library in Kerckhoff 146 blends into the background, but the books on the shelf are crisp, new and hand-picked for a specific reason. The books – which cover novels about Palestine to journals about current events in the Middle Eastern area– are neatly stacked in the single shelf. Read more...

Photo: Kaleb Herman Adney, a fourth-year history student and director of resources and education of Students for Justice in Palestine, peruses a book in the recently established Alex Odeh Memorial Library in Kerckhoff 146. The library, named in memory of a Palestinian-American civil rights leader, contains literature particularly on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.




UCLA medical student, Project RISHI treats leprosy patients in India

A patient climbed onto the table in the Indian village clinic and began unwrapping his bandages in front of UCLA medical student Nikhil Nadkarni. As the bandages came off bit by bit, Nadkarni began to get uneasy. Read more...

Photo: Nikhil Nadkarni, a UCLA medical student, is currently the adviser for Project Rural India Social and Health Improvement chapters at UCLA, UC San Diego and UC Davis.




Vote on USAC support for Prop. 13 reform postponed

Undergraduate student government officials postponed a vote on a resolution calling for Proposition 13 reform on Monday. Undergraduate Students Association Council External Vice President Maryssa Hall drafted the resolution, but pulled it from the Tuesday meeting agenda after learning that multiple council members would not be able to attend the meeting. Read more...

Photo: Lizzy Naameh (left) and Maryssa Hall sponsored a resolution that called for the reform of Proposition 13.



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