Pro-democracy protests in Libya have destabilized global oil markets, hiking oil prices in the United States to the highest levels since the 2008 recession. Read more...
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February 28, 2:24 am
Tensions in Libya rise with oil prices as protests continue and US, UN impose sanctions
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February 28, 2:05 am
De-stressing activities to be offered at Mental Health Week to help students handle pressure
UCLA's first Mental Health Week starts today, offering students a chance to de-stress, do yoga, learn about suicide prevention and even snag a free hug as finals approach. Undergraduate student government officers Emily Resnick and Linda Phi teamed up to plan the week's events. Read more...
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February 25, 12:45 am
Britney Zavada answers the call from Be the Match to save a life
At a club meeting last year, Britney Zavada joined her friends and swabbed the inside of her cheek for DNA samples to be sent to the national bone marrow registry. Read more...
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Second-year cognitive science student Britney Zavada was recently notified that she is a bone marrow match for a girl with leukemia.
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February 25, 12:42 am
Botanical garden brings chance to learn about plants in their environment
Before freeways and houses defined what is now urban Los Angeles, the area was an ecosystem of diverse plants and animals that adapted over hundreds of thousands of years to live in the hot, dry climate. Read more...
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Biology Professor Rasoul Sharifi researches a Mediterranean plant, the butcher’s broom, for his research on plant physiology and adaptive mechanisms in the Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Gardens.
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February 25, 12:38 am
Undergraduate students to lead spring seminars
Marcos Ruedas has been raising his hand in class for years. Come next quarter, however, he will no longer have to wait to be called on to participate. Read more...
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Marcos Ruedas, a fifth-year ethnomusicolgy student, will be teaching an USIE ethnomusicology seminar titled “Love, Drugs, Politics and History: Mexican Corrido.”
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February 25, 12:32 am
Pi Beta Phi holds T.A.K.E. self-defense workshop
On the count of three, 200 women paired off and began to kick at each other. Read more...
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Pi Beta Phi held its T.A.K.E. self-defense workshop in Ackerman Grand Ballroom Thursday for members of Panhellenic sororities and other Pi Beta Phi chapters.
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February 25, 12:27 am
Pauley Pavilion hosts final basketball game ticket campout before renovations
Saturday marks UCLA men's basketball's last game of the year in Pauley Pavilion. Read more...