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Back Issue - October 2008

Moving Day

It was a long-awaited day. It was hospital moving day, June 29, when UCLA bid farewell to the 53-year-old Center for the Health Sciences (CHS) and began life anew in the gleaming new Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.
Oct 1, 2008

Teaching Aides

UCLA mentors help local students get into college -- even the students who had never heard of the SAT.
Oct 1, 2008

Hail to the Hills: Old UCLA Burns

The first class on UCLA's Westwood campus arrived in 1929, months before planned, after the downtown chemistry building mysteriously went up in chemical-fueled flames.
Oct 1, 2008

Mind Openers: John Updike

Even after penning more than 50 books, John Updike is nowhere close to wrapping up his decades-long career.
Oct 1, 2008

Campaign Tales

The 2008 U.S. Presidential campaign has the American electorate on the edge of its seat. We explore the process of politics and many of its issues from a uniquely Bruin perspective. Red, white and blue, meet blue and gold.
Oct 1, 2008

The Future of Freedom

All over the world, people are reexamining what the word 'freedom' means to them, and whether democracy is the best way to deliver it.
Oct 1, 2008

Kick Start

No other university in the nation has produced more pro soccer players than UCLA, and few can match its collegiate record, either. It's been six years, though, since the Bruins won their last NCAA title, and they're hungry for more.
Oct 1, 2008

Campaign Tales: On an Angle

The way candidates have been covered in the Presidential campaign has become a campaign issue itself. We asked two Bruin experts to weigh in on how the media has shaped the 2008 presidential election.
Oct 1, 2008