Thursday, April 30

“˜Apprentice’ visits alma mater

A full house of graduate students, professors, business leaders and fans gathered to hear national celebrity Kelly Perdew speak on his experiences on Donald Trump’s hit television show “The Apprentice II” Wednesday at Korn Hall in the UCLA Anderson School of Management. Read more...


Activists speak at UCLA

Three Palestinian students from universities in the Gaza strip spoke at UCLA on Wednesday about their experiences living under Israeli military occupation. Hekmat Bessiso, Adel El-Ghoul and Mustafa Al-Kayali are student activists against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. Read more...



In the berry patch

Kirk Larson can describe the scene perfectly: it’s nearly 5 p.m. and the workers have gone home. The sun is setting on a long day of labor in the strawberry fields of Irvine and in the distance, Larson can make out his two teenage sons traversing the horizon on horseback. Read more...


Little progress made on LGBT case

There has been little legal progress in the case against the student accused of attacking the UCLA Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Campus Resource Center in September, and some campus leaders are wondering why the case has not yet been brought against the man arrested more than six months ago. Read more...


UC service workers strike

Service workers in the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees plan to go on strike today because of their frustrations with contract negotiations between them and the University of California. Read more...


Don Quixote marathon celebrates publication

In the opening of “Don Quixote,” the main character doesn’t sleep, but reads so much he eventually goes mad. In Powell Library today and on Thursday, Miguel de Cervantes enthusiasts will imitate art as they attempt a marathon reading of “Don Quixote.” In the latest of many UCLA marathon events, Spanish graduate students and Powell librarian Catherine Brown have organized the marathon reading as part of the “Month of La Mancha” celebration, commemorating the 400th anniversary of the publication of “Don Quixote.” Faculty, students and Cervantes aficionados will read part one of the novel from 9 a.m. Read more...