This post was updated Sept. 5 at 8:34 p.m. President Joe Biden’s decision to forgive student loan debt will provide relief to many students and alumni with loans, but gaps in debt forgiveness could still persist, according to UCLA community members. Read more...
Photo: President Joe Biden speaks on the 2020 campaign trail. UCLA community members said Biden’s decision to forgive some student loan debt could provide relief to borrowers. (Alex Driscoll/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated August 31 at 6:53 p.m. Ever since he was young, Trey Barber had a passion for studying languages, according to his mother Katherine Luna. Read more...
Photo: Barber graduated from UC Santa Barbara in 2018. Ever since he was young, he had a passion for languages, his mother Katherine Luna said. (Courtesy of Barber’s family)
This post was updated Aug 21. at 8:42 p.m. A new undergraduate seminar highlighting Asian American and Pacific Islander politics and policy advocacy will allow UCLA students to put theory into practice this fall. Read more...
Photo: Three people stand at a podium, one holding a sign, as others gather in the background. UCLA is introducing a new seminar for undergraduate students centered on turning theory into policy for the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. (Isabella Lee/Illustrations director)
This post was updated August 19 at 10:34 p.m. Feven Girmay has not heard from her grandmother in over 10 months. Girmay, a political science alumnus of UCLA, has family living in Tigray, the northernmost region of Ethiopia. Read more...
Photo: Tigray (pictured) on a map. UCLA alumni are calling for aid and relief in Tigray, the northernmost region of Ethiopia. (Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated August 7 at 11:01 p.m. The University of California and California State University will now provide medical abortions on campus. California Senate Bill 24 – passed in 2019 by the state legislature – requires every UC and CSU student health center to offer medical abortion services by Jan. Read more...
Photo: Medication sits on a table. A 2019 state law requires student health centers at California State University and University of California campuses to offer abortion services. (Joseph Jimenez/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated August 7 at 11:05 p.m. Three new university apartments near Weyburn Terrace are opening to house Bruins this fall. The Laurel, Palo Verde and Tipuana apartments off Weyburn Avenue are each eight to nine stories tall. Read more...
Photo: New university apartments (pictured) are opening this fall. UCLA is offering many incoming transfer, third-year and fourth-year students housing at three new university apartment locations: Tipuana, Laurel and Palo Verde. (Eva Danesh/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated July 24 at 8:36 p.m. When Leon Sit noticed the incumbent assembly member for his district was running unopposed, he saw an opportunity to provide voters with another choice on the ballot. Read more...
Photo: Leon Sit (pictured), a rising second-year materials engineering student, is running to represent California State Assembly District 59 in the 2022 general election. (Courtesy of Leon Sit)
