Last Friday's Karnival: A Bruin Benefit for Haiti put on by the Office of Residential Life in conjunction with UCLA Live fundraised money for earthquake victims while celebrating Haitian culture. Daily Bruin Radio talks to event planners and speakers at the event.
"Inspired Bruins host Karnival to raise aid for Haiti"
Last Friday's Karnival: A Bruin Benefit for Haiti put on by the Office of Residential Life in conjunction with UCLA Live fundraised money for earthquake victims while celebrating Haitian culture. Daily Bruin Radio talks to event planners and speakers at the event.
Organ performance undergraduates Peter Ryan and Kyle Black introduce the Skinner organ in Royce Hall to attendees and perform a few demos. More »
A new band called Cavo is out in the limelight, and they are ready to rock. In an interview with the St. Louis-based band, the musicians talk about recording and writing music, touring and their excitement with being signed onto a major record label. Check out their tour dates at www.myspace.com/cavomusic. More »
Eight of some of the largest prime numbers have been found at UCLA's campus, making UCLA one of the most productive members in the cooperative effort to find successively larger primes. This is a testimony not only to UCLA, but also to the power of distributed computing, the sharing of work across computers, to solve the world's many problems. More »
2009 was accompanied by one of the biggest losses in U.S. stock market history. The economy seemed to be stuck in a rut, with bank bailouts and plummeting stock indexes. But measurements of consumer confidence before the arrival of 2010 showed that consumer confidence is up 2.3 points. Does this small victory accurately indicate our nation's economic future? More »
Gourmet food truck vendors in Santa Monica convened on Jan. 10 following the closure of the mobile food court at 14th Street and Santa Monica Boulevard by the city. In an effort to save the venue for future food truck use, vendors, lawyers and foodies alike are making sure that the zoning ordinance is being reviewed by the city council.
"Food truck fleet, city hall clash over zoning code"
Gourmet food truck vendors in Santa Monica convened on Jan. 10 following the closure of the mobile food court at 14th Street and Santa Monica Boulevard by the city. In an effort to save the venue for future food truck use, vendors, lawyers and foodies alike are making sure that the zoning ordinance is being reviewed by the city council.
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