As an undergraduate at UCLA, Adi Jaffe became addicted to methamphetamine and alcohol. Read more...
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Psychology graduate student and former addict Adi Jaffe created a website with a feature to help addicts find rehabilitation centers that best suit them.
Rising to great prominence in the 1960s, hallucinogenic drug use has created an influential counter-culture that has helped fuel its recreational use into the new century. Especially in college surroundings where students are suddenly thrust into an independent and experimental environment, the use of such "psychedelic drugs" has continued to be a means of recreation. According to a 2008 U.S. Read more...
Students will no longer have to brave a line of more than 1,000 others to snag a coveted spot in one of Covel's most popular tutoring programs. Read more...
Jackie Gannon and Rebecca Talkin are rooming together their first year at UCLA, and they have more than a Sproul Hall double in common. Read more...
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The Development, Relief and Education of Alien Minors Act encountered another obstacle last week when it was caught in a Republican-led filibuster aimed at Democratic legislation added to a defense bill. Read more...
Presidents of a number of research universities came together at the White House on Sept. Read more...
June 3, 2010 – UCLA's Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden on South Campus doesn't just display plants from around the world – it also hosts a colony of red-eared slider turtles, a species native to the American south, but not to California. And it's not just UCLA's botanical garden that has seen an influx of them. [4:28]
"Invasive red-eared slider turtles make their home in UCLA’s Botanical Garden"Red spots accent the calm surface of a man-made stream, as about 20 turtles poke their heads out of the murky water. Read more...
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Baby turtles are kept in holding tanks until they are 5 inches in diameter. Then they are released into the stream in the Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden.
