Thursday, February 19

BruinX seeks to improve UCLA experience, campus climate

Faculty members are collaborating with the vice chancellor of equity, diversity and inclusion to use social science research to improve student and faculty experiences on campus. Read more...

Photo: Three staff members make up BruinX, a group part of the UCLA Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion that works to detect bias and discrimination. (Diana Chen/Daily Bruin)


USAC panel challenges stereotypes, taboo around sex addiction

Adi Jaffe sat before a group of 20 students Tuesday evening and shared a single text message from his wife that changed his life. “She said she’d found my Ashley Madison account,” said Jaffe, a psychology professor. Read more...

Photo: Psychology professor Adi Jaffe led a discussion with students about dealing with sex addiction at an undergraduate student government Student Wellness Commission event Tuesday. (Daily Bruin file photo)



Peer coaching program helps students have the GRIT to take on life

Students often find themselves caught up with academics, social lives and doubt about the future – it’s stressful. The GRIT Coaching Program, by the Bruin Resource Center, is trying to fill this need by employing peer counselors to lend an ear to fellow students and helping them improve their mental well-being. Read more...

Photo: Kimberly Ann Streigel/Daily Bruin



Q&A: Co-chairs of Revolution Club at UCLA discuss goals, beliefs

Editor’s note: The following story uses two sources who asked to remain anonymous to ensure their personal safety. The sources said they received death threats after stepping on an American flag at a past protest. Read more...

Photo: Revolutionary Club members protesting at an event against police brutality in April. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UCLA students protest Bosnian restrictions on religious symbols

Students lined up near Ackerman Union on Tuesday afternoon with posters and the Bosnian flag in hand to protest the Bosnian government’s recent ban of the hijab and other religious symbols in legal institutions. Read more...

Photo: Several student organizations participated in a protest on Tuesday against the Bosnian government’s recent ban of the hijab and other religious symbols in legal institutions. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)



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