At one point in the last four years, while I worked on a story that I don’t remember writing, a source felt an apparently irrepressible urge to take me to task and angrily explain all of the evils of college journalism.

Ten stories above ground level, the roof of Dykstra Hall boasts a stunning panoramic view of Los Angeles.
Neatly lined with rows of rectangular solar-powered water heaters, the Dykstra roof is also home to one of on-campus housing’s long-standing energy-saving efforts.

Current efforts to increase sustainability on campus have recently been given a figurehead.
Former Chancellor Albert Carnesale’s commission of the Campus Sustainability Committee in April 2006 created a single entity to facilitate coordination of sustainability efforts.

While UCLA has demonstrated commitment to numerous environmentally friendly measures over the past 20 years, work on the part of students has spurred developments in the implementation of new sustainability efforts on campus.

When he started his own business in telecommunications right
before he began attending UCLA, Shaun Tan did it without the
advantage of having the advice of older, more seasoned
entrepreneurs.

MABANCKOU BOOK SIGNING Tuesday, 7 p.m. James
West Alumni Center
He is fluent in nine African tongues, but French is the language
Alain Mabanckou used to write the novels that have since made him a
literary celebrity in France.

The balancing act between ethics and necessity has proven itself
to be a touchy subject in the world of animal research at UCLA over
the past few months.

The results of the university-distributed professor evaluations
could potentially be made available to students within the upcoming
academic year.
The numerical data from the end-of-quarter professor evaluations
are at the center of a proposal currently in the works by Marwa
Kaisey, president of the Undergraduate Students Association
Council.

The state budget for the 2006-2007 fiscal year, signed by Gov.
Arnold Schwarzenegger on June 30, portends a promising fiscal year
for the University of California, though its long-term stability
has been questioned.

His newly-awarded doctorate was not yet twelve hours old when
Wenyuan Shi embarked on a project which has since changed the lives
of hundreds of children in rural China.