Friday, May 22

LGBT Campus Resource Center now offers free pads and tampons

The LGBT Campus Resource Center added pads and tampons to its selection of free products for students, which includes condoms and dental dams. The center partnered with the Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center in early August to provide the pads and tampons, said Raja Bhattar, the center’s director, in an email statement. Read more...

Photo: The LGBT Campus Resource Center is offering free pads and tampons for students, in addition to condoms and dental dams. (Daily Bruin file photo)



Equity, diversity and inclusion office announces advisory board members

UCLA officials announced in a campuswide email Thursday the members of a new student advisory board for the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Jerry Kang asked students to apply for the newly created board in May. Read more...

Photo: Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Jerry Kang announced the members of the new student advisory board Thursday, (Daily Bruin file photo)



Postdoc union demands faster contract negotiations from UC

Postdoctoral researchers and supporters marched to Murphy Hall Friday to demand the University address contract negotiations more quickly. About 200 people marched to Executive Vice Chancellor Scott Waugh’s office from the Inverted Fountain, said Melissa Agnello, a postdoctoral researcher in oral biology and a head steward in United Auto Workers Local 5810. Read more...

Photo: About 200 people marched to Executive Vice Chancellor Scott Waugh’s office from the Inverted Fountain Friday to demand the University address contract negotiations more quickly. (Courtesy of Stephanie Wolahan)


Project Literacy helps students across LA throughout summer

Catherine Segura, a fifth-grader from Los Angeles, waited eagerly for her tutor every Friday this summer, excited about the new articles she would read. She likes to read about animals, but sometimes needs help understanding the material, said Katherine Lewis, Catherine’s tutor and a site director for Project Literacy. Read more...

Photo: Project Literacy, a UCLA organization that helps students and adults from underserved areas improve their English skills, continued its tutoring sessions in the Baldwin Hills Library during summer session A. (Courtesy of Avantika Mundkur)


Alum Jessica Lim promotes Asian-American women in media in pageant

Jessica Lim would melt into the couch on Sunday evenings with her family when she was six years old to watch the cheers of fans and football players running across stadiums on TV. Read more...

Photo: Jessica Lim, who graduated from UCLA in 2011, was crowned Miss Asian America at the 31st Annual Miss Asian Global and Miss Asian America pageant. The pageant was held on Aug. 20 in San Francisco. (Courtesy of David Yu)



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