More and more each year, commuting students and employees at UCLA have turned away from driving in favor of alternative methods of transportation as a way to get to campus, according to a recent transportation report. Read more...
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April 6, 1:10 am
Transportation report finds UCLA traffic lowest in two decades
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April 5, 1:20 am
Ron Paul speaks to a crowd of more than 5,000 people at UCLA’s Los Angeles Tennis Center
Bruin advocates Ron Paul’s policies to thousands
Apr. 5, 2012 – Kids today text more than they talk on the phone, but first-year political science and history student Tyler Koteskey has made more than 4,000 calls. He's spent the last several months campaigning in three states for his libertarian hero, Ron Paul.
Koteskey founded UCLA's chapter of Youth for Ron Paul 2012, and he organized last night's town hall with the candidate on campus. Koteskey is also running for a position on the Republican Central Committee in order to promote Paul's policies on the local level.
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"Bruin advocates Ron Paul’s policies to thousands"Amid chants of "President Paul," much of the crowd rose from their seats, waving signs and American flags and drumming on the tarp lining the Los Angeles Tennis Center court. Read more...
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April 5, 1:18 am
Supreme Court begins hearings for President Obama’s Affordable Care Act
Joey Pedroza waived his University of California health insurance plan at the beginning of the school year because he was already covered by his parents' insurance. Read more...
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April 5, 1:17 am
2012 Thurgood Marshall Lecture celebrates the life and works of Martin Luther King Jr.
Clayborne Carson saw Martin Luther King Jr. give a speech on the UCLA Janss Steps in 1965. Read more...
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Clayborne Carson, a scholar of Martin Luther King Jr.’s work, delivered the 2012 Thurgood Marshall Lecture at UCLA on Wednesday.
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April 5, 1:17 am
UCLA alumnus and UC Riverside Professor Juan Felipe Herrera becomes California poet laureate
Juan Felipe Herrera stood alone, nervously reciting his poetry in the middle of the designated free speech area in Kerckhoff Plaza. Read more...
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UCLA alumnus Juan Felipe Herrera was sworn in as the California poet laureate by Gov. Jerry Brown last week.
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April 4, 12:49 am
Facebook Profiling: Justice Department to investigate companies demanding access to job applicants’ social networking sites
Imagine applying for a job where the interviewer already knows quite a bit about your social life before you walk through the front door. Read more...
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April 4, 12:41 am
Student Financial Services overpayment error fixed, with most of funds recovered
UCLA's Student Financial Services has recovered almost all of the about $27 million in duplicate financial aid distributed to more than 7,000 students last week. Read more...