The Undergraduate Students Association Council held its first meeting of the month Sept. 3. USAC is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Read more...
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September 13, 5:36 pm
Students struggle to keep cool as heatwave hits Westwood
UCLA students have tried to keep cool amid a blazing heat wave in Los Angeles. Southern California experienced extreme temperatures for nearly a full week after a heat wave arrived in Los Angeles last Tuesday. Read more...
Photo: Westwood Village is pictured, where temperatures reached as high as 100 degrees over a five day heat wave. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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September 11, 6:59 pm
UCLA students share mixed reactions, thoughts about 2024 presidential debate
UCLA students shared mixed reactions to Tuesday’s presidential debate. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump met for their first and potentially only presidential debate Tuesday night, nearly two months since President Joe Biden’s exit from the race. Read more...
Photo: Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are pictured. The two met for their first and potentially only presidential debate Tuesday night. (Creative Commons photo by Gage Skidmore via Flickr)
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September 8, 9:33 pm
Bruin MimiQ Soong reflects on her role, journey to Miss Taiwanese American Queen
This post was updated Sept. 29 at 11:42 p.m. MimiQ Soong is making waves as the 2023-2024 Miss Taiwanese American Queen. Miss Taiwanese American is an annual competition hosted by the Taiwan Center of Greater Los Angeles dedicated to “empowering women and embodying the beauty within,” according to the competition’s website. Read more...
Photo: MimiQ Soong poses for a picture as the Miss Taiwanese American queen. The second-year world arts and culture student was named as queen through the 2024-2025 school year. (Courtesy of MimiQ Soong)
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September 5, 2:48 pm
ASUCLA Board of Directors recap – Aug. 30
The ASUCLA Board of Directors held its second meeting of the 2024-2025 term Aug. 30. The board, which is composed of a student majority, has financial oversight over ASUCLA entities, including the Undergraduate Students Association Council, the Graduate Student Association and the ASUCLA Communications Board – which oversees UCLA Student Media. Read more...
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September 4, 10:13 am
UCLA announces new Time, Place and Manner policies, limits public expression areas
This post was updated Sept. 25 at 11:30 p.m. UCLA announced new regulations governing campus protests Wednesday. Administrative Vice Chancellor Michael Beck and Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Monroe Gorden Jr. Read more...
Photo: Pro-Palestine protesters demonstrate on Janss Steps. Under new regulations released by UCLA, students will not be permitted to engage in speech activities on the steps as they are not a designated area. (Zimo Li/Photo editor)
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August 31, 10:30 pm
Daniel Atkinson, long time UCLA professor and influential biochemist, dies at 102
This post was updated Sept. 2 at 10:20 p.m. Daniel Atkinson, a professor of chemistry and biochemistry, died Feb. 2. He was 102 years old. Atkinson, one of the namesakes of the UCLA Daniel E. Read more...
Photo: Daniel Atkinson teaches a chemistry class at UCLA in 1965 (Courtesy of Astrid Chapman).