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 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)
The John Wooden Center plans to extend its operating hours to 24 hours on weekdays using funds from the Social Justice Referendum, a UCLA official said. Read more...
Photo: UCLA can use a portion of the Social Justice Referendum fee to fund the extension of the John Wooden Center’s hours to 24 hours day. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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...
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)
Tania Rashid saw pieces of American-branded, blood-soaked clothing scattered among the rubble of fallen buildings after a Bangladeshi garment factory collapsed in 2013 and killed more than 1,000 people. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumnae Nagwa Ibrahim (left), criminal defense and immigration lawyer, and Tania Rashid, a freelance journalist, spoke as panelists at Human Rights Night. (Zinnia Moreno/Daily Bruin)
UCLA Counseling and Psychological Services, or CAPS, plans to use funding from a student fee passed Friday to provide more counseling sessions and recruit more diverse clinicians. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Counseling and Psychological Services plans to use funding from the #UCLAwellness Initiative Referendum, which passed Friday, to improve counseling services. (Mackenzie Possee/Daily Bruin)
