Thursday, July 3

Committees of regents to meet

Two committees of the UC Board of Regents will meet privately today in the Morgan Center to discuss the financial situation of the UC as well as unspecified personal matters and litigation. The Compliance and Audit Committee, which is responsible for ensuring UC policies are in sync with state and federal regulations, will meet over teleconference at 11 a.m. Read more...




Students and recruiters discuss post-graduation plans

Graduate school application season kicked off on Oct. 27 in the Ackerman Ballroom, as schools throughout the country promoted themselves to prospective students who will be filling out their applications in late fall and early winter. Schools' intentions also included familiarizing themselves with potential applicants. Read more...

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The UCLA Graduate & Professional School Fair brought schools from all over the country to campus on Wednesday to partake in the recruitment process.



Camp hosts charity tourney

Carole Yu discovered Camp Kesem, a complimentary summer camp for the children of cancer patients, while her husband was seeking treatment for a rare form of nonsmoker's lung cancer at the UCLA Medical Center. "I was thinking, "˜How will I support (my children) through this?' We didn't really know anyone with cancer," Yu said. Read more...

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Bobby Jackson putts in the Camp Kesem Charity Golf Tournament. (courtesy of Maury Phillips)


Novel ‘Stein, Stoned’ released by UCLA lecturer

Over the weekend, Hal Ackerman was on the East Coast, traveling from bookstore to bookstore, promoting his new book,"Stein, Stoned." Come Monday, the UCLA lecturer was back in Rolfe Hall, teaching his eight graduate students in the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. "Pick a card, any card," Ackerman said with a slight smile, spreading a deck of playing cards on the table before his students. Read more...

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UCLA lecturer Hal Ackerman from the School of Theater, Film and Television wrote a book called “Stein, Stoned” about a crime-fighting former marijuana activist. (courtesy of David Chute)



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