A parchment of a new Torah was started at the Yitzhak Rabin
Hillel Center of Jewish Life at UCLA on Tuesday night.
In the opening ceremony, Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller, director of
the Center, introduced Rabbi Shmuel Miller, the scribe who will be
writing this Torah, and reflected on the meaning of the event.

During lunchtime in Ackerman Union, students pass an obviously
outdated sign in front of the Panda Express construction site which
reads, “Visit our newly remodeled store September
2004.”
The opening of the restaurant following its remodeling was
scheduled for the beginning of this quarter, but it has been
delayed due to problems complying with updated construction
codes.

The Associated Students of UCLA Services Committee echoed the
sentiment of a previous resolution during a meeting Friday in
urging that the university’s contract with Taco Bell should
be terminated.

The Associated Students of UCLA Services Committee will meet
today to decide on a recommendation to its board of directors
regarding Taco Bell’s presence on UCLA’s campus.

The familiar names of several old buildings on campus have been
changed over the last few years, and other campus entities, such as
the UCLA Medical School, got new ones as well.

Rushing through De Neve Plaza on the way to class, students may
miss the chance to buy that dose of caffeine that will keep them
awake ““ because they may not know there is a coffee stand
nearby.

Music fans gathered on the Intramural Field this weekend to
partake in the 18th Annual UCLA JazzReggae Festival.
The event, put together by a sub-committee of the Cultural
Affairs Commission, featured jazz artists on Sunday and reggae
artists on Monday.

Students, parents and staff gathered to celebrate this
year’s recipients of the Charles E. Young Humanitarian Award
in the Kerckhoff Grand Salon on Monday afternoon.
The award is designed “to recognize and promote the value
of community service to all forms of education,” said Vice
Chancellor of Student Affairs Janina Montero, who gave the
introductory speech and introduced the recipients.

Over a thousand people came out early Sunday morning to
participate in the fifth-annual UCLA Run/Walk, a fund-raiser for
the Mattel Children’s Hospital.
The run/walk is organized by a committee of the Student Welfare
Commission to raise money for the hospital’s child life/child
development program.

Members of the Iron Workers Union gather daily in a passage
leading to the Life Sciences building to protest the alleged
violation of Occupational Safety & Health Administration safety
regulations by Ghonim Steel, a subcontractor working on LaKretz
Hall.