Saturday, August 22

In the news:

Grad student hopes to break misconceptions of Iran with travel memoir

Shawndeez Jadalizadeh embarked on a four-month solo journey through her home country, which she had never visted before, in the spring of 2015. “I was slightly terrified, but I put aside my fears and fantasies to enjoy the present, to enjoy Iran,” wrote Shawndeez, a graduate student in gender studies, in a memoir about her travels. Read more...

Photo: Shawndeez Jadalizadeh, a UCLA graduate student in gender studies, wrote a memoir about her travels through her hometown, called “My Iran: an Iranian-American experience back home.” (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)


Bruin Custom Print replaces Game On! in Ackerman Union

Students can bind loose-leaf textbooks and add custom designs to clothing at a new printing center that opened in Ackerman Union on Monday. Bruin Custom Print provides printing, loose-leaf course material binding and clothing embroidery on the A-level of Ackerman Union. Read more...

Photo: The Bruin Custom Print center opened for printing and bookbinding on Monday in Ackerman Union, replacing video game center Game On!. (Daniel Leibowitz/Daily Bruin)



Student LGBTQ leaders to attend first community leadership retreat

Student leaders from the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community at UCLA will attend the first LGBTQ leadership retreat this weekend. The LGBT Campus Resource Center and the LGBTQ Leadership Council collaborated to organize the retreat, which will aim to connect students with similar interests and experiences, and increase their confidence in leadership roles. Read more...

Photo: The LGBTQ retreat being held this weekend aims to provide LGBTQ students with social opportunities, leadership skills and more confidence in their abilities. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)


Residential Life adds new printers throughout the Hill

Students now have access to 10 new printers on the Hill 24 hours a day. The Residential Life learning centers and UCLA Housing and Hospitality Services collaborated to implement printing kiosks at various places on the Hill over winter break, said UCLA spokesperson Rebecca Kendall. Read more...

Photo: Yi-Ling Loo, a first-year biochemistry student, is one of the students who used the new Wepa printing kiosk installed Monday at the Sunset Village Learning Center. (Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin)


Groups continue protests against history professor Gabriel Piterberg

Students with several campus groups continued their protests against a professor accused of sexual harassment Wednesday. Bruin Consent Coalition, United Auto Workers Local 2865 and Bruins Against Sexual Harassment members held up signs in the hallway outside the classroom in Broad Art Center where Gabriel Piterberg, a history professor, was lecturing. Read more...

Photo: Protesters with several campus groups demonstrated outside the classroom of history professor Gabriel Pieterberg on Wednesday, after larger protests on Monday forced one class to be cancelled and one to be dismissed early. (Courtesy of Bruins Against Sexual Harassment)


UCLA skilled trade workers end five-day strike protesting wages

Hundreds of workers waved plastic-wrapped signs that read “UC unfair! Strike!” in the air, undeterred by the rain. Members of Teamsters Local 2010 marched on campus and throughout Westwood several times Tuesday as part of their push for higher wage increases. Read more...

Photo: Skilled trade workers wrapped up a five-day strike at UCLA Tuesday, while clerical workers across the UC went on strike for 24 hours the same day. (Laura Uzes/Daily Bruin)



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