Saturday, May 9


Obama picks first Hispanic justice

President Barack Obama nominated Sonia Sotomayor, a federal appeals judge with a challenging and successful history, to be the first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court on Tuesday. Read more...


Students rally after ruling

Professor ignites discussion on fire preparedness

Wildfires have blazed through the Southland. UCLA student Stephen Cheng shares his personal fire story, and Jon Keeley, a UCLA ecology and evolutionary biology professor, gives a preview of his upcoming lecture, “Adapting to Wildfires on the Urban Edge in Southern California.”

"Professor ignites discussion on fire preparedness"

Jason Bernabe grabbed his large rainbow-colored flag early in the afternoon on Tuesday, waving it tirelessly as he marched along Wilshire Boulevard. Read more...

Photo: First-year nursing student Jason Bernabe marches at the head of the demonstration in Westwood Tuesday, protesting the California Supreme Court’s decision to uphold Proposition 8. The group joined a larger protest held in West Hollywood.





Students draft petition to save major

At tonight's undergraduate student government meeting, councilmembers will vote to endorse a student-drafted petition to save the international development studies major after its recent suspension by the Undergraduate Council of the UCLA Academic Senate. Read more...