After working at the Shatford Library for 32 years, Mary Ann Laun has decided to retire and pursue other goals. “I would like for people to remember me as a passionate person and always saying yes to students,” said recently.
Fall classes to be cut by almost 8 percent
The number of class sections being offered this fall has been cut by almost 8 percent from the previous year. The number of sections will drop from 2,361 last year, to 2,180, officials said this week.
QR codes making the physical world clickable
Almost everyone has seen one: the little square images that look like digitized ink blots appearing on ads outside store windows and in newspapers. They’re called “Quick Response” codes, QR for short, and they allow access to information in the physical world as if from a link on the internet, by pressing a button.
Shatford Library shifts to new research database
The Shatford Library is shifting its current database to a new catalog database, according to library Dean Mary Ann Laun.
Sustainable living event to be presented
The Associated Students’ Sustainability Committee will sponsor it’s third annual Sustainable Living Week starting Tuesday, with a series of sustainability documentary screenings and workshops run by local organizers with environmental groups like Transition Nela, Can Coffee, and Arroyo Seco Foundation.
Accomplished writer inspires many to vote
A strong advocate and supporter of undocumented youth and the Dream Act, Evelyn Cortez-Davis, author of “December Sky: Beyond My Undocumented Life” has many roles.
UCLA Day
Despite the heat, a large crowd flocked to the Quad on Wednesday for UCLA Day to get information about transferring, majors, and other programs.
There were about 18 tables with at least one representative each to hand out information and talk to students. The UCLA Departments and the Undergraduate Admissions tables had the most students waiting to gather the information available.
Homeless student defies the odds
Erroll Cayald seems much like other students suffering through the budget cuts; not getting the original 15 units he was enrolled in, not getting the financial aid he was looking forward to. But despite being homeless and jobless, he has found his way through school, and then some.
Students celebrate Cinco de Mayo and learn about financial aid.
Students gathered around booths and the food tables to enjoy the Cinco de Mayo and Financial Aid day sponsored by the Financial Aid Office, on May 3.
Student gets scammed
A student was swindled out of $2,146 after he was approached by a man claiming to work for a company which awards scholarships to students, said Chief of Police Stanton Perez in an interview Friday.