Saturday, July 18

Mel Gibson helps extend influence of Healing the Children

The Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center received a $10 million donation last week from actor and director Mel Gibson. Five million dollars will go to the Mattel Children’s Hospital and the remaining $5 million will be given to Cedars-Sinai, for the purpose of funding organizations within the hospitals which help children that live in foreign countries. Read more...



Building beyond the classroom

Tina Wu has lived months without running water and electricity. She has comforted and cried with AIDS patients in their final weeks. She has seen an epidemic firsthand ““ one that many of her peers only understand within the context of a classroom. Read more...


Props. 68, 70 a big gamble for the state

Two propositions this election may set the precedent that could eventually turn Sunset Boulevard into a local version of the Las Vegas strip. Propositions 68 and 70 ask Californians how big a gamble the state should take on casinos. Read more...


Service Day reaches out to community

This Saturday will be UCLA’s second annual Community Service Day, when dozens of student organizations and hundreds of students will come together to work on various service projects in the West Los Angeles area. Read more...


[Online] Taco Bell to leave campus

The Associated Students of UCLA’s board of directors voted Friday afternoon to end Taco Bell’s contract on campus, resolving once and for all a debate over the eatery’s place at UCLA that spanned nearly a year. Read more...


Progress requirement reconsidered

A group of more than 40 students gathered on Thursday along with representatives from the undergraduate student government and the UCLA College to discuss a possible reconsideration of the expected cumulative progress requirement. Read more...