…but you can see it at http://tmz.me/Wa8Z1E Not sure this complies with the request to be “classy” below:http://centurycity.patch.com/articles/ucla-usc-athletic-directors-urge-fans-to-exercise-sportsmanship-at-saturday-s-game
Joshua Neidorf, a 13-year-old from Los Angeles, donated $13,000 from bar mitzvah gifts and matching funds last week to UCLA’s Operation Mend program, which provides medical services to wounded military members…From the Westwood-Century City Patch:http://centurycity.patch.com/articles/photos-7th-grader-donates-13k-to-ucla-program
ROTC installed on UCLA’s old Vermont Avenue campus in 1920 Yesterday, we noted that UCLA is closed for Veterans’ Day today (Monday) even though Veterans’ Day was on Sunday. We also noted some not-so-positive history as to why there is no instruction today on UC campuses even though it reduces class time and generally is harmful to the academic endeavor. And we noted that private universities such as USC and CalTech find it worthwhile to continue instruction today, unlike UC. But since you do have a “day off,” albeit thanks to some prior unwise decisions by UCOP, we offer some…
ROTC at UCLA’s old Vermont Avenue campus: 1928 Note that UCLA is closed tomorrow although Veterans’ Day is today. There is a bit of history here. UC did not always close on Veterans’ Day. When Gray Davis was governor, however, someone complained about UC being open. The governor couldn’t order UC to close but the powers-that-be went along with his request to do so. As yours truly recalls it, the Faculty Welfare committee at UCLA – and possibly others in the Academic Senate – noted that with a ten-week fall quarter, cutting a day out of the term would…
If you look closely at this photo of booths at the Thursday “Farmers’ Market” in Westwood just south of UCLA, you don’t see a lot of farm products. According to the Daily Bruin, that fact, i.e., competition with non-food store owners in Westwood, has led to protests about the weekly market sponsored by the revived Westwood Business Improvement District. Apparently, the added foot traffic in the village doesn’t make up for lost local business from the competition and perhaps from the general pedestrian congestion on Broxton. What started out as a dispute over the management firm that runs the market…
UCLA in 1939 SPEAKERS’ FORUM ON ALTERNATIVE FUNDING MODELS FOR UC DATE: Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012TIME: Noon-1:30 pm LOCATION: Faculty Center, California RoomLUNCH: Complimentary Sandwiches and Beverages will be served.RSVP: ucfa@earthlink.net so we can get an accurate food count. (Cut and paste this address into your email. You can’t do it from here.)APRIL 1982: ANCIENT CALIFORNIA HISTORY “The interconnected complications surrounding the upcoming state budget for 1982-83 defy comprehension by most state legislators let alone the public at large… Governor Jerry Brown is projecting a $3 to $4 Billion shortfall in revenues for 1982-83. This is against the Governor’s $2.1 Billion estimate in his January…
UCLA is promoting its renovated Pauley Pavillion with the video below: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-deqx22BvFc?feature=player_detailpage] Although noted for sports events, the building has been used for other purposes. Below is a photo of a display of the AIDS quilt at Pauley in 1988 from the LA Public Library collection:
Drink, drugs, and burglary are the major crime areas at UCLA. Click on the chart above for a clearer view. Source: http://www.ucpd.ucla.edu/2012/2011%20Clery%20Report.pdf.
UCLA Law School students took their kids to class in 1989 to protest lack of daycare facilities.
From the Westwood-Century City Patch: The City of Los Angeles Board of Public Works will wait until November to decide whether it supports the removal of 18 trees in Westwood Village. The trees would be removed as part of a sidewalk improvement project proposed by the Westwood Village Improvement Association (WVIA). Eighteen trees “are creating potentially dangerous conditions,” according to a Bureau of Street Services report. A permit would grant the removal of 16 Indian laurel fig trees, one red flowering gum tree and one magnolia tree in Westwood Village… Full story at http://centurycity.patch.com/articles/city-postpones-westwood-tree-removal-verdict? So we have a choice: Or:
