Every time someone in the United States dials a number on his or her cellphone or sends an email, data is collected and stored by the National Security Agency, the government’s signals intelligence arm. Read more...
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January 22, 12:18 am
Panel to discuss NSA surveillance, conflict with civil liberties
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January 21, 1:06 am
Vietnamese Culture Night explores mental health, domestic abuse
Teri Nguyen’s family did not know much about autism when her brother started acting aloof. They did not even know the word for autism in Vietnamese, their first language. Read more...
Photo: Student staff of the annual Vietnamese Culture Night act out a scene to show the different family members’ reaction to autism. The show also addressed issues such as post-traumatic stress disorder, domestic violence and mental illness.
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January 21, 1:00 am
Memorial honors anniversary of Black Panther students’ deaths
The original version of this article contained multiple errors and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. A four-year-old stone bearing the names oftwo deceased Black Panthers and former student leaders stood amid the faint glow of candles Friday night. Read more...
Photo: Erika Huggins (left), Vara Bacoum and Lamar Lyons spoke at Friday’s memorial that commemorated two students who were shot and killed in Campbell Hall.
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January 21, 12:56 am
UCLA offers higher-level ASL classes to accommodate demand
The original version of this article contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. Seated in her American Sign Language class, Christina Pettus assuredly moved her fingers and hands to communicate, a task she has done since she was six months old. Read more...
Photo: Benjamin Lewis teaches ASL 5, which UCLA is offering for the first time this quarter. Lewis is currently the only lecturer teaching ASL classes at UCLA.
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January 17, 12:41 pm
Calif. drought spurs Gov. Brown to declare state of emergency
Under the governor’s emergency proclamation, state officials are required to implement a statewide water conservation campaign to encourage individuals to cut their daily water use by 20 percent. Read more...
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January 17, 10:52 am
UCLA sets records with more than 100,000 fall 2014 applicants
More than 105,800 people applied for UCLA’s fall 2014 entering class, about a 6 percent rise from last year. UC-wide, schools received about 183,270 applicants, a near 5 percent increase from fall 2013. Read more...
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January 17, 1:31 am
UCLA opens History Writing Center in Bunche Hall
The new History Writing Center opened its doors on Monday to give some history students specialized help on research papers and developing their writing skills. Currently, the center is only available to undergraduate students enrolled in History 96W, 97, 98T, 191 and 198C, which are the most writing intensive courses the History department offers, said Devon Van Dyne, one of three advanced doctoral students who tutor at the center. Read more...