Tuesday, April 7

Engineering open house aims to attract prospects

  Prospective civil engineering students and parents watch intently as professor Harold Kasper shows them a concrete cylinder used to test structural strengths. By Wendy Su Daily Bruin Contributor About 700 prospective engineering students and their families gathered Sunday at the School of Engineering for an open house. Read more...



Bruin alum fails in bid for Congress

  MAIYA HOLLIDAY UCLA alumnus and congressional hopeful Kevin Feldman speaks of his views on the election and the problems he sees facing the city By Dexter Gauntlett Daily Bruin Staff Bill Simon won the Republican gubernatorial primary Tuesday without ever having held elected office. Read more...



Application readers: gatekeepers to UCLA

  NICOLE MILLER/ Daily Bruin Admissions director Vu Tran reads through one of thousands of applications UCLA receives each year. By Wendy Su Daily Bruin Contributor High school seniors are anxiously waiting for those big envelopes telling them they were accepted to the colleges they applied to. Read more...


News Briefs

Wear a shirt, take home a laptop Dell representatives will be awarding a new Dell Inspiron 4100 Notebook laptop to a Bruin Friday. Thursday, representatives from Dell handed out over 1,250 t-shirts to students on Bruin Walk with “dude” on the front and “… you’re getting a Dell” on the back. Read more...


Students included in semester debate

By Sophia Chakos-Leiby Daily Bruin Contributor In light of recent UCLA administrators and faculty considering the change from quarters to semesters, the vice provost for undergraduate education will meet with Undergraduate Students Association Council members next week to gather undergraduate opinions on the two academic calenders. Read more...