Wednesday, February 11

Former UCLA soccer coach sentenced to 8 months in prison for Varsity Blues scandal

A former UCLA men’s soccer coach was sentenced to eight months in prison Friday after accepting $200,000 to fraudulently help students gain admission to UCLA. As part of his sentence, Jorge Salcedo will also have to forfeit $200,000 and will undergo a year of supervised release, according to a press release from the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts. Read more...

Photo: Jorge Salcedo, who pleaded guilty to accepting $200,000 in bribes to fraudulently admit students to UCLA, will serve eight months in prison after receiving a sentence from a federal judge Friday. (Daily Bruin file photo)


USAC divestment resolution draws concerns from Jewish student organizations

Editor’s note: This post was updated to provide retroactive anonymity to a source due to safety concerns. Jewish student organizations raised concerns about transparency and inclusion after the undergraduate student government passed a resolution containing controversial language about Israel. Read more...

Photo: A resolution passed by the Undergraduate Students Association Council on March 2, which called on the University of California to divest from war, was met with concerns about its controversial language about Israel. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Bruins for Change: Students work to make American Sign Language accessible through addition of minor

From Jackie Robinson to Cindy Montañez, many Bruins have historically been on the frontlines in taking initiative for social justice issues. Some Bruins are following in their footsteps, using their voices to make change. Read more...

Photo: Third-year students Abby Irby, Rowan O’Bryan and Molly Vendig are behind the initiative to make American Sign Language a minor at UCLA. (Left to right: Courtesy of Abby Irby, Rowan O’Bryan, Molly Vendig)


Hundreds of women opt out of $73M settlement in James Heaps lawsuit

This post was updated March 17 at 4:32 p.m. Hundreds of women who were allegedly sexually assaulted by a former UCLA gynecologist are opting out of a $73 million class-action settlement that was preliminarily approved by a judge in January. Read more...

Photo: Hundreds are opting out of the $73 million settlement to pursue individual litigation against UCLA and former UCLA OB-GYN James Heaps.(Daily Bruin file photo)




UCLA reopens some libraries, recreation services with limited capacity

After nearly a year of COVID-19 pandemic-related closures, UCLA is beginning to reopen. Some campus facilities, including some libraries, recreation facilities and art studio spaces, have already reopened, while others will reopen by next week, administrators announced in a campuswide email Tuesday. Read more...

Photo: UCLA will reopen some campus facilities, including libraries, starting this week. Most campus facilities have been closed for almost a year. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)



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