Tuesday, February 3

Alpha Kappa Alpha’s UCLA chapter celebrates 100 years of Black excellence, service

This post was updated Dec. 16 at 8:32 p.m. UCLA’s chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha is celebrating 100 years of community and belonging. Alpha Kappa Alpha – a Black Greek-letter sorority – was founded at Howard University in 1908. Read more...

Photo: Dolores Bodden, a fourth-year physiological science student, and Alexis Hinkle, a fourth-year sociology student and a former Daily Bruin staffer, wear Alpha Kappa Alpha merch. AKA – the first Greek-letter organization founded by Black female college students – is celebrating its centennial anniversary. (Joice Ngo/Daily Bruin)


‘It is our home’: Students react to UCLA’s possible move to SoFi stadium

This post was updated Dec. 1 at 10 a.m. As fireworks burst over the Rose Bowl after UCLA’s win over Iowa last year, Peter Dachtler and his family stood arm in arm on the field, singing the UCLA alma mater. Read more...

Photo: The Rose Bowl, which UCLA has played at since 1982, is pictured. Students had mixed reactions to UCLA’s possible move from the Rose Bowl to SoFi stadium. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Beat ‘SC midday kickoff event replaces nighttime rally, cultivates school spirit

This post was updated Nov. 30 at 9:40 p.m. The UCLA Student Alumni Association replaced its annual nighttime Beat ‘SC Rally with a midday kickoff event Monday due to a modified football schedule. Read more...

Photo: Joe Bruin holds up a Beat ‘SC sign. The UCLA Student Alumni Association replaced its annual nighttime Beat ‘SC Rally with a midday kickoff event Monday. (Joice Ngo/Daily Bruin)


CPO holds annual Turkey Box Giveaway for community amid CalFresh delays

Kimberly Saavedra, a graduate student in social welfare, said her family felt the impact of pauses to CalFresh, California’s version of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Read more...

Photo: A sign for the Community Program Office’s annual Turkey Box Giveaway program is placed outside the Student Activities Center. The CPO – a student service dedicated to providing basic needs – distributed more than 1,500 boxes packed with turkeys, pies and other traditional Thanksgiving dinner ingredients Nov. 18 and 19. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)


AISA, USAC members honor Indigenous history, land with NAGPRA teach-in

About 30 students honored Indigenous history at a teach-in about the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act on Nov. 12. The event, which was hosted at the Student Activities Center, aimed to educate the campus community about the NAGPRA – a federal law passed in 1990, which outlines requirements for federally-funded agencies and museums to return Native American human remains and funerary objects to their respective peoples. Read more...

Photo: A computer open to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act section of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Creative Activities website is pictured. The American Indian Student Association educated students on NAGPRA at a teach-in Nov. 12. (Joice Ngo/Daily Bruin)


UCLA First Year Scholars Program goes on hiatus after years of denied funding

Samantha Talbot said exploring humanities research felt daunting when she came to UCLA. Talbot added that because academia is a predominantly white field, she felt out of place as a student of color. Read more...

Photo: Murphy Hall — where the Center for Academic Advising in the College is located — is pictured. The Center for Academic Advising in the College paused the First Year Scholars Program, which offers academic guidance to first-year humanities and social science students. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UCLA outreach, retention programs manage staffing constraints

Student staff alleged that a lack of administrative support has placed strain on UCLA’s student-initiated outreach and retention projects for marginalized groups. ELAS SEMILLA de UCLA – a retention program which mentors Latino high school students – was put on “indefinite pause,” according to SEMILLA’s Sept. Read more...

Photo: Posters of UCLA’s student-initiated outreach and retention projects are pictured in the Student Activities Center. Student staff alleged that a lack of administrative support has placed strain on the projects, which aim to uplift marginalized groups.(Daily Bruin file photo)



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