University of California President Janet Napolitano and actress Eva Longoria are expected to reveal new initiatives of their own to enhance Latinas' educational opportunities at panel at UCLA on Monday. Read more...
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November 27, 11:29 am
Napolitano, Longoria to discuss Latina education at UCLA
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November 27, 2:06 am
Paper company gives back to Los Angeles community
This holiday season Acorn Paper Products Company, a Los Angeles-based paper company, launched a statewide canned food and toy collection drive. From now until Dec. 5, Acorn Paper Products will work with the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank and Cedars-Sinai’s Maxine Dunitz Children’s Health Center to hold a canned food and toy drive that will benefit local families and the less fortunate in the Los Angeles area. Read more...
Photo: Randy Seff, a UCLA alumnus and executive vice president at Acorn Paper Products, is helping to promote his company’s canned food and toy collection drive this holiday season.
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November 27, 2:04 am
UCLA student shares experiences from world travel
Min Woo Sun did not pay for tutoring classes to supplement his education when his South Korea high school shut down. Instead, he homeschooled himself and traveled the world. Read more...
Photo: Min Woo Sun, a first-year economics and international development studies, homeschooled himself and traveled the world after his high school shut down.
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November 27, 2:01 am
Ford and Zipcar’s “Students with Drive” funds student groups
Ford Motor Company and Zipcar, a national car-sharing company, are giving away funding and transportation credit to student groups across the country. The organizations’ “Students with Drive” program launched in 2011. Read more...
Photo: Ford Motor Company and Zipcar are giving away funding and transportation credit to student groups. Last year, the UCLA Choral Excellence Association won thousands of dollars.
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November 27, 1:47 am
Food Stamp Challenge at UCLA explores food insecurity
Pushing his cart through the aisles of Ralphs, Edwin Eshaghzadeh picked out peanut butter, bread, eggs, yogurt, tuna and black beans. Eshaghzadeh had only $31.30 to spend for a week’s worth of food, a budget he has not followed since he was a child and his family was on food stamps. Read more...
Photo: Edwin Eshagzadeh, a fourth-year psychobiology student, tried to follow a food budget that replicated food stamps this past week.
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November 27, 1:46 am
Food Forward redistributes produce to reduce hunger in LA
Food Forward, a local organization that collects produce from orchards, backyards, and farmers markets to distribute to people in need, is currently reaching out for volunteers to assist in their mission. Read more...
Photo: Food Forward has donated more than 1.7 million pounds of produce since its founding in 2009. The organization is currently reaching out for volunteers to join its cause.
Campus, News, Student Government
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November 27, 1:28 am
USAC Recap – Nov. 26
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government of UCLA’s undergraduate students. Council meetings are Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417 and are open to all students. Read more...