Wednesday, February 18

Rep. John Lewis awarded UCLA Medal at Winston C. Doby Lecture

As a young man living in Nashville, Tennessee, Rep. John Lewis sat at whites-only lunch counters in protest of segregation and was told that he would get arrested if he continued. Read more...

Photo: Chancellor Gene Block and Rep. John Lewis shook hands after Lewis was awarded the UCLA Medal. (MacKenzie Coffman/Daily Bruin)


Mackenzie Possee appointed as 2017-2018 editor in chief

An assistant photography editor was appointed the next editor in chief of the Daily Bruin, following confirmation by the UCLA Communications Board on Monday night. Mackenzie Possee, a second-year communications studies student, received the staff endorsement at a hearing Friday night. Read more...

Photo: Mackenzie Possee, a second-year communications studies student, was confirmed by the Communications Board at their April meeting Monday. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)


ASUCLA focuses on repairing ceiling leaks in campus buildings

Associated Students UCLA officials are continuously repairing ceilings and interior damage to campus buildings due to leakages. Ackerman Union and Kerckhoff Hall have had frequent ceiling leaks for several years. Read more...

Photo: The Kerckhoff Hall patio was scheduled to be waterproofed during the summer of 2017, but ASUCLA reallocated the $400,000 earmarked for the repairs for more immediate projects. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)


Dance Marathon 2017 raises $434,515 to fight pediatric AIDS

Addressing the usual Dance Marathon crowd of people, dressed in colorful, wacky outfits, organizers announced that UCLA’s Pediatric AIDS Coalition raised $434,515 for this year’s Dance Marathon. Read more...

Photo: Students celebrate the end of the 2017 Dance Marathon as organizers announce the total amount raised for pediatric AIDS. This year’s event raised $434,515. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)


GSA President Michael Skiles to continue plans after running unopposed

The graduate student government president will run again, unopposed, in the upcoming student elections to finish the work that he started this past year, he said. Read more...

Photo: GSA President Michael Skiles, who will run again unopposed, said he hopes to tackle recurring issues next year, such as working for more affordable graduate student housing. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)


Dance Marathon holds vigil to recognize people affected by HIV

Red light flooded Pauley Pavilion early Sunday as hundreds of dancers raised glow sticks in the air for a vigil honoring people living with HIV. Students participated in a moment of silence and used the glow sticks to recognize women living in sub-Saharan Africa with HIV and AIDS at the Dance Marathon vigil, which began at 3:45 a.m. Read more...

Photo: Dance Marathon participants raised red glow sticks and lowered them to remember women living in sub-Saharan Africa with HIV. (Grace Zhu/Daily Bruin)




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