A UCLA student has received multiple death threats in response to her video "Asians in the Library," which was posted Friday. In the video, third-year political science student Alexandra Wallace makes a number of disparaging comments about Asian students. Read more...
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March 14, 10:44 pm
*UPDATED:* UCLA student's YouTube video 'Asians in the Library' prompts death threats; violent responses criticized as equally damaging
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March 10, 3:17 am
UCLA Chicano Studies Research Library reopens after renovations
With bright, open floor space and stacking book shelves, the newly renovated Chicano Studies Research Center Library in Haines Hall is a far cry from the disorganized, stuffy space it was just three months ago. Read more...
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The UCLA Chicano Studies Library, the only free-standing independent Chicano studies library in the United States, reopened this week after renovations.
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March 10, 2:59 am
Big Blue Bus and Culver CityBus fares to increase in fall
Santa Monica Big Blue Bus and Culver CityBus fares will increase from 35 cents to 50 cents beginning fall quarter 2011. Read more...
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March 10, 2:55 am
Tutoring and workshops on the Hill to be discontinued
Free tutoring programs and workshops in Covel Commons, which assist about 3,000 students per quarter, will close at the end of spring quarter due to budget woes. Read more...
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March 10, 2:52 am
UCLA team performs first successful hand transplant in western U.S.
A UCLA surgical team of 17 performed the first hand transplant in the western United States on Saturday. Read more...
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Dr. Kodi Azari, left, and members of his team perform the first west coast hand transplant at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, March 5, 2011.
Courtesy of: Ann Johansson
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March 10, 2:47 am
USAC officer Rustom Z. Birdie undergoes Judicial Board investigation
Student government officer Rustom Z. Birdie signed a contract guaranteeing him 1,000 shares of stock in the website Jobbook.com which were to be automatically transferred to him by the end of January. Read more...
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March 10, 2:44 am
UCLA economists predict increase in jobs during Anderson Forecast conference
Economic recovery will be slow, but California can expect an increase in jobs through 2012, said Jerry Nickelsburg, senior economist at UCLA Anderson Forecast. The forecast, which was discussed at a conference Wednesday at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, compiled predictions for the national and California economies through 2012. Experts predict that an increase in manufacturing jobs is needed to drive recovery, Nickelsburg said. Read more...
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Edward Leamer, director of the UCLA Anderson Forecast, discussed predictions for the national and California economies on Wednesday during a conference in the UCLA Anderson School of Management.