Friday, February 20

Police find no threat in suspicious package outside school of medicine

Police determined the suspicious package reported at the David Geffen School of Medicine on Monday afternoon was not a threat. UCPD Lieutenant Richard Davis said someone reported a grocery bag outside the Jules Stein Eye Institute on campus about 4 p.m. Read more...

Photo: Police closed a portion of Westwood Plaza Monday as LAPD’s bomb squad investigated a suspicious package on campus. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)


Police close part of Westwood Plaza to investigate suspicious package

Police are investigating a suspicious package reported at the David Geffen School of Medicine on Monday afternoon. UCPD Lieutenant Richard Davis said someone reported a grocery bag outside the Jules Stein Eye Institute on campus about 4 p.m. Read more...

Photo: Police responded to a suspicious package reported at the Jules Stein Eye Institute Monday afternoon. (Kira VandenBrande/Daily Bruin)


Volunteers travel to Mexico to establish long-term ties with residents

Students with tired faces piled into a large, white van at 4:30 a.m. Some students held jackets and others clutched onto pillows — but all were distinguishable by their bright blue shirts decorated with a clown fish logo. Read more...

Photo: Liliana Madrigal, a second-year psychobiology student, volunteers at a clinic in Maclovio Rojas, Mexico. (Shelby Scoggins/Daily Bruin)


MakeUCLAGreatAgain candidate petitions for USAC election re-vote

MakeUCLAGreatAgain candidate Shubham Goel submitted a petition asking the USAC Election Board to disqualify the Social Justice Referendum and call a re-vote for all contested candidates in last week’s undergraduate student government election. Read more...

Photo: MakeUCLAGreatAgain candidate Shubham Goel submitted a petition asking USAC Election Board to disqualify the Social Justice Referendum and call a re-vote for all contested candidates in last week’s USAC election. (Kathy Chen/Daily Bruin)



TFT criticized for lack of transparency in admissions process

Several students said they think the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television misled applicants about its admissions process this year. John Caldwell, vice chair of undergraduate studies in the film, television and digital media department, said department officials decided they would no longer accept applications from internal transfer students for the Film, Television and Digital Media, or FTVDM, major beginning next academic year. Read more...


EU ambassador addresses UCLA community regarding refugee crisis

The European Union ambassador to the United States told UCLA community members Wednesday afternoon he thinks the EU’s member countries need to work together to address the refugee crisis. Read more...

Photo: David O’Sullivan, the European Union ambassador to the US, spoke at UCLA Wednesday afternoon about the EU response to the Syrian refugee crisis. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)



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