Current and former UCLA students are developing a mobile news platform focused on informing readers about the possible bias in news. MDL GRND is an organization that aims to keep millennials informed on current events while presenting news from all sides of the political spectrum. Read more...
Photo: Selim Baysal (left) and Doruk Karinca (right) co-founded MDL GRND, an organization focused on informing readers about the possible bias in news. (Elise Tsai/Daily Bruin)
Andrea Ng received a message from a girl she hadn’t spoken to since middle school after a student group shared Ng’s experience of having to develop a Californian accent when she first moved to the United States. Read more...
Photo: Second Impressions at UCLA is a student group that showcases the lives and experiences of international students on campus. (James Schaap/Daily Bruin)
The Ashe Center may offer students medical abortions starting January 2023 if a California senate bill passes. Senate Bill 24 was introduced in December 2018 by Democratic State Sen. Read more...
Photo: A California senate bill would require all California public universities to provide students access to medical abortions at campus health facilities, such as the Ashe Center. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Animal rights activists protested a proposed state bill and UCLA’s use of animals in medical experiments Friday. About 40 people walked from Westwood to UCLA, before heading to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, to protest animal experimentation as well as Assembly Bill 700. Read more...
Photo: Animal rights activists walked from Westwood to UCLA to protest animal experimentation as well as Assembly Bill 700, which would further prevent the disclosure of specific information relating to researchers and their research at public universities and community colleges. (Alice Naland/Daily Bruin)
The Daily Bruin earned more than a dozen honors across several categories at a regional and national journalism competition in April. The Bruin received 20 Mark of Excellence honors from the Society of Professional Journalists. Read more...
Photo: The Daily Bruin received first-place and finalists honors for multiple areas in a journalism competition. Awards were presented by the Society of Professional Journalists. (Liz Ketcham/Assistant Photo editor)
UCLA student groups will be offering physical and mental health education and consultations at a health fair for refugees in the area. The fair, hosted by the University Muslim Medical Association Volunteer Project, the Students Organize for Syria at UCLA and the Tiyya Foundation, will be held Saturday in South Los Angeles. Read more...
Photo: From Students Organize for Syria at UCLA, co-President Serene Hadaya, co-President Venus Eltaki and Vice President Aya Ghoneum (left to right) are helping to host a community health fair for refugees. (Courtesy of Aya Ghoneum)
This post was updated April 25 at 6:08 p.m. A student started a letter-writing campaign to a UCLA fraternity April 9 to address its treatment of sexual assault allegations. Read more...
Photo: Daphne Sinclaire, a second-year anthropology and geography student, began a letter-writing campaign to a UCLA fraternity, Phi Kappa Psi, to address its treatment of sexual assault allegations. Sinclaire said she hopes the campaign will motivate the fraternity to amend and enforce policies that aim to prevent sexual violence and support victims. (Daily Bruin file photo)
