Cage-free eggs and organic salad bars are a start, but some UCLA students are looking for more ways to make dining halls sustainable.
UCLA Dining aims to have the Hill eateries reach 20 percent sustainable dining by 2020. Read more...
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Rancher Laird Foshay talks to a group of interested students about sustainable food and grass-fed cattle.
Courtesy of Sandra Wittenberg
Jono Schaffer once sat with hundreds of fellow strikers on the curb of a bustling L.A. street. Their statement stopped cars, created traffic and prompted highway patrollers to beg the workers to leave. A member of the Service Employees International Union, Schaffer chuckles constantly in an online video while telling UCLA students of the times he went on strike. Read more...
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Union activist Victoria Marquez (left) shares her personal collection with UCLA students Jon Raissi (center) and Andrew Gomez (right).
Courtesy of Tobias Higbie
May 20, 2011 — At the 11th Doha Forum on Democracy, Development and Free Trade and Enriching the Middle East's Economic Future Conference in Qatar, a team of UCLA graduate students represented the university in facilitating discussions about the recent spring revolutions.
Political science graduate student Nathan Gonzalez attended the conference. This is his experience. [1:05]
"UCLA graduate student shares his feelings on attending 11th Doha Forum in Qatar"UCLA professors, students and administrators traveled to the Middle East to discuss the economic future of the region with a number of renowned dignitaries last week. The sixth annual Enriching the Middle East's Economic Future Conference was held in Qatar, a coastal country bordering Saudi Arabia. Read more...
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Political science Professor Steven Spiegel discusses his visit to Qatar, where he participated in a forum about the Middle East’s political and economic future. As director of the Center for Middle East Development, he also worked to organize the forum.
One student group has been unable to find a place to meet on campus because a wall of insurance problems stand in the way, despite efforts that have lasted more than a year. Read more...
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Second-year English student Lisa Ciuffetti and second-year math student Andrew Blankfield suspend themselves far above the ground, using silk fabrics attached to trees to create art with their bodies as aerialists.
SAN FRANCISCO "”mdash; Deep uncertainty hung over the UC Board of Regents meeting Wednesday at UC San Francisco. Read more...
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Mark Yudof
Den season bus passes are now a reality. Undergraduate Students Association Council General Representative David Bocarsly announced the season pass this week, two weeks after being sworn into his position. Read more...
A petition filed against an undergraduate student government officer was withdrawn after the involved parties resolved the issue independently. Read more...
