While Twitter users busied their fingers last week with tweets about the American Dialect Society's selection of "Google" as word of the decade, English professor Donka Minkova, a member of the society for 25 years, lamented the fate of a word she believes should have been a contender: Sudoku, the popular Japanese number puzzle. Read more...
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January 13, 10:15 pm
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposed UC system changes seem promising
In response to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's final State of the State Address last week, students have expressed surprise and doubt about the state's proposed commitment to higher education. Read more...
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January 13, 10:15 pm
UCLA Student Affairs launches Report Bias Web site
UCLA Student Affairs launched the Report Bias Web site last week, allowing students to use the Web to report offensive behavior regarding race, religion or sexual orientation. Read more...
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January 13, 10:14 pm
Environmental Protection Agency proposes stricter smog control to address health concerns
The Environmental Protection Agency proposed putting stricter limits on national smog emissions Jan. 7, the agency's first attempt to address the health and environmental issues caused by smog. Read more...
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January 13, 10:12 pm
UCLA Anderson School of Management students start SwoopOff to offer discounts in L.A.
UCLA students will soon have a new way to make exploring Los Angeles more affordable, as two students from the UCLA Anderson School of Management are launching a new Web site aimed at helping students obtain discounts. Read more...
Photo: Anderson student Ron Yang is a founder of Swoopoff.com, a new Web site where students can print coupons for restaurants, bars, shows and other local events.
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January 13, 10:10 pm
UCLA astronomers’ discovery gives insight to Earth, planetary formation
UCLA astronomers, with the help of the Gemini South telescope in Chile, have recently discovered space dust and debris composed of particles that are unlike any known planetary building blocks found in our own solar system. Read more...
Photo: An artist’s rendering of the inner planetary system of HD 131488, a star 500 light years away from Earth in the direction of the constellation Centaurus, as two large rocky bodies collide.
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January 13, 7:56 pm
Underground electrical transformer explodes on Glenrock
The explosion of an underground electrical transformer shook Glenrock Avenue around 8:46 p.m. on Wednesday, causing reverberations that could be heard from multiple streets in the North Village. Read more...