About 250 protesters flooded the streets of Westwood after President Donald Trump took the oath of office Friday. The crowd gathered in front of Powell Library before marching down Westwood Boulevard to its intersection with Wilshire Boulevard. Read more...
Photo: A crowd of about 250 walked in the middle of Westwood Boulevard in protest of President Donald Trump. Protesters called on students to walkout of class on Inauguration Day. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)
Justin Akin spent years watching his friends and colleagues die from HIV/AIDS, only to discover in 1990 that he also carried the disease. “I spent the ’80s deciding I wouldn’t get tested because I didn’t want to know … if I was going to die,” said Akin, the administrative director at the UCLA Center for HIV Prevention Research. Read more...
Photo: Justin Akin, administrative director at the UCLA Center for HIV Prevention Research, is an activist for the LGBTQ community and HIV-positive himself. (Dayoung Lee/Daily Bruin)
Student groups supporting Democratic and progressive agendas were disappointed at the 2016 presidential election results, but said they will continue to work to elect liberal candidates at all levels of government. Read more...
Two white men in a passing car yelled racist insults at Michaelle Burbank and her friends as they were on their way to protest President-elect Trump’s election in November. Read more...
Photo: Michaelle Burbank said growing up in a predominantly white community complicated the role race played in her life. She added she faced racial discrimination growing up. (Diana Luna/Daily Bruin)
Congress voted to begin the process of undoing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act last week, the 2010 law which expanded and mandated health insurance for all U.S. Read more...
A UCLA shuttle will transport students from the Hill to the Hollywood area this quarter. UCLA Office of Residential Life changed the free Saturday BruinBus shuttle’s destination from Santa Monica to two different locations: Hollywood and Highland, and The Grove. Read more...
Photo: The Saturday BruinBus shuttle will take students to Hollywood and Highland, and The Grove this quarter. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A themed floor for first-generation college students will open in Hedrick Hall in fall 2017. First to Go, a Living Learning Community, will give students who are the first in their families to attend college an environment where they can learn from one another, according to UCLA Residential Life. Read more...
Photo: A new Living Learning Community called First To Go, will open at Hedrick Hall in September 2017, giving first-generation college students a chance to spend time with each other. (Daily Bruin file photo)
