Once a week at Phoenix and twice a week at a local middle school, a handful of LIGHTS' 17 active members lead sessions designed to help students feel comfortable with their personal identities. Read more...
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Tenth grader Brittany Johnson, 17, of Phoenix High School, performs a dance on Friday during a weekly class with UCLA student group Bruin LIGHTS.
A sea of students clad in colorful T-shirts gathered in Bruin Plaza on Monday morning, assembling beanbag tosses and makeshift Diet Coke flip cup games. Read more...
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Greek Week, a four-day event that publicizes the Greek System and raises money for charity, kicked off Monday with a carnival in Bruin Plaza.
Starting spring quarter, three online courses will be offered to UCLA students as a part of the University of California Online Instruction Pilot Project, though some students have expressed concerns with the prospect of online learning as opposed to standard courses. Read more...
Jessica Jackley, an Internet micro-loaning entrepreneur, will be the commencement speaker for the 2012 College of Letters and Science's graduation ceremony. Read more...
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Jessica Jackley, co-founder of Kiva.org, will be the 2012 commencement speaker for the College of Letters and Science’s graduation ceremony.
As the Westwood Farmers Market came to a close on Thursday, a produce vendor handed a man she had never met before a brown grocery bag full of bok choy and other vegetables, free of charge. Read more...
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Members of UCLA Food Not Bombs gathered in Santa Monica on Thursday and distributed home-cooked meals to the homeless population there. Earlier in the day, group members collected food items from the Westwood Farmers Market, grocery stores and local restaurants.
I have been trying to watch "The Big Bang Theory" for months now. I mean, I'm a physics major "“ it's a comedy about a couple of physicists. Its science adviser is a UCLA professor, and the Barenaked Ladies wrote the theme song. Read more...
More than 225 middle school students fired rockets built from straws and clay, constructed towers out of paper and ate ice cream made form liquid nitrogen in Ackerman Grand Ballroom on Friday. Read more...
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Volunteer Adam Provinchain, left, works with students during a communications-focused workshop at Youth Motivation Day on Friday.
