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, 4:30 pm
Police arrest man for attempted armed robbery at sorority
University police arrested a UCLA student Tuesday afternoon in connection with an attempted armed robbery in a UCLA sorority house and a robbery on Wilshire Avenue. Read more...
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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, 1:03 am
UC Regents to discuss budget proposal, other topics
The University of California Board of Regents will discuss Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget proposal for next year, among other topics at its bimonthly meeting this week at UC San Francisco’s Mission Bay campus. Read more...
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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, 12:59 am
Congress finances Metro line extension with Westwood stop
The U.S. Congress recently allocated $130 million to finance the extension of the Los Angeles Metro line, according to a Metro statement released Jan. 14.The funding will be split in half to cover costs for both the Purple Line Extension project, which will go into Westwood Village, and the Regional Connector project – a Metro line extension across Los Angeles county. Read more...
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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.