Gina Elise frequently visits veterans hospital wards decked out in World War II pin-up girl outfits. Read more...
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Since 2006, UCLA alumna Gina Elise has raised more than $50,000 to improve physical, cognitive and rehabilitation therapy for veterans. Her nonprofit organization sells calendars, posters and T-shirts with a retro 1940s pin-up theme. Elise has visited veterans in more than 30 hospitals in 20 states.
Transfer applications from California community colleges to University of California campuses declined by about 5 percent from last year as community colleges have felt the impact of state budget cuts. Read more...
Sprinkled around the UCLA campus and the surrounding community are small, hidden containers sought out by urban treasure hunters armed with GPS technology. Read more...
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Third-year history student Kristina Truong has discovered 99 geocaches around the UCLA campus and her home in Orange County.
Justice has not yet been served at the UCLA School of Law in a spate of cases of law students whose lunches have been stolen from the student lounge. Read more...
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Lunches were reportedly stolen from the law school refrigerator.
The unmistakable aroma of grilled meat wafted from a tent bearing a large "Sausage Fest" sign. Read more...
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Fifth-year applied mathematics student Garren Gaut, a member of MEAT, prepares a batch of sausages in the Court of Sciences.
College students' backpacks are getting heavier and their textbook receipts are getting longer, but their backs aren't getting stronger. Read more...
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Chegg recently announced it will be offering e-textbooks.
During the summer of 2000, Ryky Tran lived out of his car and survived off a packet of noodles a day. Read more...
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Ryky Tran, a fourth-year anthropology student, displays models of the jeans for his new nonprofit organization, Loyal Mission. For every pair of jeans sold, the Children’s Hunger Fund will donate money to feed a child for a year.
