Saturday, May 2

He’s for the birds

In a city of mostly concrete and actresses, there are people who look in mirrors and there are people who look in bushes. UCLA alumnus Jason Finley, a graduate in cognitive science, finds his excitement peering into the latter. Read more...


Health symposium discusses Katrina

Creating a scene similar to an aerobics class in the Wooden Center, attendees and speakers at a symposium about health disparities on Tuesday paused mid-session for an exercise recess, in spite of the ties, slacks and button-down shirts many were wearing. Read more...


Coalition wants UCLA to go organic

Many of the fruits and vegetables served in UCLA dining halls and restaurants have been treated with pesticides and transported from around the world. The California Student Sustainability Coalition hopes to change that. Read more...


Parks leaves mark on history

When UCLA alumnus Willy Leventhal met Rosa Parks in the mid-1970s, he found that she matched the description he had always heard. “She was a very quiet-spoken person, a very dignified person,” Leventhal said, speaking on his cell phone from the Rosa Parks Library and Museum at Troy University in Alabama. Read more...


The downtown housing crisis

In a narrow building near the border of skid row, third-year UCLA law student Matt Williamson sat in a folding chair and listened to Delvina Thompson read a litany of complaints about her home at the Huntington residential hotel. Read more...


Policies give program hope

UCLA’s willed body program, shut down last year after its director was accused of selling body parts for profit, may reopen as soon as today, officials said. Read more...