Thursday, August 20

In the news:


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)


Celebrities come to UCLA to speak about Alzheimer’s disease

Seth Rogen and his wife Lauren Rogen will speak at UCLA on Wednesday to explain the importance of discussing Alzheimer’s disease through comedy and performance. The Architects of Change event, held at the UCLA Anderson School of Management’s Korn Convocation Hall on Wednesday from 7 to 8 p.m., will include a discussion between Seth and Lauren Rogen and audience members. Read more...

Photo: Seth Rogen and his wife Lauren Rogen will speak at the Anderson School of Management’s Korn Convocation Hall on Wednesday as a part of the Architects of Change event. (Courtesy from UCLA Anderson School of Management)


UCLA Extension crafts “A Class of Beer” to be offered in spring

Throughout high school and college, Tomm Carroll hated beer. The taste, color and style of regional, yellow lagers all bored him, he said. But when independent breweries began opening across the U.S. Read more...

Photo: Tomm Carroll, a beer enthusiast, will teach a course about the history of beer brewing in Los Angeles. The class will include beer tasting, field trips and classes about how the beer industry works. (Courtesy of Tomm Carroll)



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