A recent UCLA Army officer training program ran a drill depicting the enemy wearing civilian clothes from Arab countries, which some UCLA students and professors said demonizes Arab and Islamic identities. Read more...
Photo: Cadets acting as enemy soldiers during simulations in UCLA Army ROTC’s biannual field training were seen wearing kufiyyas, iqals and other clothing predominantly found in Arab countries. (Liz Ketcham/Daily Bruin)
UCLA law students are starting a new journal that showcases scholarship on disability law. The Disability Law Journal at UCLA will be the only disability law journal in the country after it publishes its first issue in spring 2019. Read more...
Photo: UCLA law students started the Disability Law Journal, which will be the only disability law journal in the country after it publishes its first issue in spring 2019. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Cheska Molina is known for being one of the fastest runners in UCLA’s ROTC battalion. Cheska Molina, a first-year human biology and society student, and her twin Charina Molina, who is also in the ROTC program at UCLA and a human biology and society student, were even part of the UCLA Ranger Challenge team, which comprises eight to 10 of the fittest cadets in UCLA’s 92-person Army ROTC battalion. Read more...
Photo: Ashley Fairbanks, a fourth-year communication student, and Clare Gavin, a first-year history student, are cadets in UCLA’s Army ROTC. (Liz Ketcham/Daily Bruin)
Grayson Makris contemplated how his platoon was going to proceed as he planned its mission on a terrain model he drew in the dirt in front of him. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Army ROTC cadets participated in their annual Spring Field Training Exercise in April. Cadets lived in Camp Roberts, an army base in central California, for three days and simulated U.S. Army infantry missions. (Liz Ketcham/Daily Bruin)
A series of events this week aim to encourage students to think about life and mortality and challenge the stigma surrounding death and illness. “Before I Die” is an international art project encouraging people to reflect on their lives and live to the fullest. Read more...
Photo: (Lexi Sanchez, Daily Bruin)
The UCLA Undocumented Student Program plans to expand existing resources and create new services for undocumented students using money it received from the undergraduate student government’s surplus funds in January. Read more...
Maria Mena, a janitor at Santa Monica College, brought her son to UCLA on Saturday to motivate him to pursue higher education. “A lot of kids in our community aren’t motivated to go to college because they don’t think it’s for them, so they don’t go,” she said. Read more...
Photo: Families of garment, janitorial and domestic workers involved in UCLA Labor Center’s Parent Worker Project came to UCLA on Saturday to spend a day on campus and learn more about how they can access higher education. (courtesy of Wil Prada)
