Growing up in predominantly Hindu India, Ravi Zacharias came across many instances where people would greet him, a Christian, with “Merry Christmas.” Since moving to Atlanta, Georgia in 1985, Zacharias said he has noticed that people greet each other with a more inclusive phrases such as “Happy Holidays.” Zacharias hopes to explore the topic of tolerance, what he describes as the understanding of the differences between cultures and why they exist, at the annual Veritas Forum at UCLA in Royce Hall this evening. Read more...

Photo: Ravi Zacharias, a speaker and author on Christian apologetics, will speak about tolerance at today’s UCLA Veritas Forum in Royce Hall.

As a high school student in northern Idaho immersed in the pages of “A Passion for Books” – a novel by Lawrence Powell, the namesake of UCLA’s Powell Library – Gary Strong knew he wanted to become a librarian. Read more...

Photo: UCLA’s librarian Gary Strong is preparing to retire after a lifelong career as a librarian and a decade at UCLA.