Saturday, February 7


Pluto TV rally held at UCLA calls for Pluto’s ‘planned planethood’

This post was updated April 2 at 8:41 p.m. April Fools’ Day or not, “Big Planet Energy” radiated throughout Bruin Plaza as a few dozen Pluto TV staff and community members celebrated the streaming service’s 10th anniversary, calling for its namesake to be reinstated as a planet. Read more...

Photo: Catherine Povinelli, executive assistant to the chief product and technology officer of Paramount Streaming, gestures toward a crowd of ralliers with megaphone in hand. Streaming service Pluto TV, which is owned by Paramount Streaming, hosted a rally Monday in honor of its 10th anniversary to call for Pluto’s reinstating as a planet. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Q&A: Dr. Chaitali Mukherjee introduces Ashe Center’s new COVID-19 safety campaign

Dr. Chaitali Mukherjee, executive director of the Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center, sat down with Daily Bruin contributor Shaun Thomas to discuss the Ashe Center’s new COVID-19 safety campaign as students return to campus from spring break. Read more...

Photo: A KN95 mask sits amid stationery, books and a COVID-19 test kit. Dr. Chaitali Mukherjee, executive director of the Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center, spoke about the center’s new COVID-19 awareness campaign, which includes updated signage and locations around campus to pick up masks. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Bruin Parenting Scholars hosts march to advocate for needs of student parents

The Bruin Parenting Scholars hosted a healing and visibility walk Wednesday to urge UCLA to increase resources, safety and equitability for student parents and their children. Read more...

Photo: Pictured are attendees of the Bruin Parenting Scholars healing and visibility walk in a circle. The event was hosted in response to the recent death of a student parent and the arrest of an Early Care and Education caregiver. (Catherine Hamilton/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UC Regents tables vote on Item J1 until May meeting

The UC Board of Regents voted Wednesday to delay its decision on Item J1 – a policy that would prohibit University departments from making political statements on their website homepages – until it reconvenes in May.  The motion to delay the vote until the board’s May meetings passed unanimously and was the second time the regents delayed a vote on the policy since January. Read more...

Photo: Signs put up by community members participating in a sit-in outside the Luskin Conference Center are pictured. The sit-in aims to protest the UC Board of Regents’ Item J1, which was tabled for vote Wednesday. (Megan Cai/Photo editor)


AFSCME Local 3299 demands higher wages, divestment at UC Board of Regents meeting

This post was updated March 21 at 10:35 a.m. Around 100 protesters gathered outside the UC Board of Regents’ meeting Wednesday to call for better contracts and protections for service, patient technical care and skilled craft workers. Read more...

Photo: Pictured is Michael Avant, president of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299, making a speech outside the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center. Protesters gathered outside the UC Board of Regents meeting to call for better contracts and protections for union workers. (Megan Cai/Photo editor)


Protesters sit in at Luskin Conference Center ahead of UC Regents vote on Item J1

Around 40 protesters staged a sit-in Tuesday night to call on the UC Board of Regents to vote against a policy that would prohibit University departments from making political statements. Read more...

Photo: Protesters gather outside the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center to stage a sit-in against a policy up for vote by the UC Board of Regents on Wednesday. The protesters attempted to set up inside the hotel before being forcibly removed by hotel staff. (Dylan Winward/Daily Bruin senior staff)



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