The graduate student government elected UCLA law student Milan Chatterjee to fill a vacant cabinet seat Wednesday. Chatterjee, formerly the director of Graduate Students Association’s discretionary funding, ran against Heidi Alexander and Matthew FitzGerald for the GSA vice president of internal affairs position. Read more...
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November 13, 12:56 am
GSA fills seat for vice president of internal affairs
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November 13, 12:51 am
Philanthropist gifts $10 million for new center at TFT
A Los Angeles-based philanthropist recently donated $10 million to launch a new center at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. Jeff Skoll, founder and chairman of Participant Media and former president of eBay, gave $10 million to create the Skoll Center for Social Impact Entertainment. Read more...
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November 13, 12:49 am
Scholarship honors UCLA alum’s legacy
Members of UCLA’s Sigma Pi fraternity and the family of 2010 alumnus Garni Arakelian gathered last month in a small ceremony to honor his life and legacy. Read more...
Photo: Garni Arakelian stands with his girlfriend of five years, Jenny Ladner. (Courtesy of Astineh Arakelian)
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November 12, 1:48 pm
UCPD arrests former UCLA student for YRL laptop theft
Police arrested a UCLA alumnus Tuesday in connection with the weekend theft of more than 50 MacBook laptops from the Charles E. Young Research Library. Read more...
Photo: UCPD retrieved 53 laptops late Tuesday from Seyed Hesari’s Hollywood home. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
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November 12, 6:06 am
UCLA celebrates Veterans Day, draws student attention to larger issues
Years or even decades after they fought in military conflicts for the U.S., UCLA student veterans gathered Monday at the university’s seventh annual Veterans Day ceremony to contemplate their service and the fights that lie ahead. Read more...
Photo: Military science department chair Lt. Col. Michael S. McDermott gives a speech. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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November 12, 1:41 am
CAPPP holds discussion regarding results, effects of midterm election
A UCLA political research center will host a panel discussion Wednesday about the results of the recent midterm election and how they may affect Congress and the president over the next two years. Read more...
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November 12, 1:38 am
Student brings back stories from relief mission in typhoon-struck Philippines
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)