“Do it for the yak.” Hundreds of UCLA students adopted this slogan this week as a controversial Snapchat account went viral by showcasing the R-rated lives of Bruins behind closed doors. Read more...
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January 16, 10:30 am
Snapchat account UCLAyak gains following amid legal concerns
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January 16, 10:28 am
CEO Jim Berk appointed executive board chair of UCLA School of TFT
Jim Berk, CEO of global entertainment company Participant Media, was appointed executive board chair of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television on Thursday. As board chair, he will help advise the school’s staff and participate in shaping its future. Read more...
Photo: Jim Berk, CEO of global entertainment company Participant Media, was recently appointed executive board chair of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. He has served on the board since 2009. (Participant Media)
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January 15, 12:59 am
UCLA Division of Social Sciences holds panel on racial inequality
An image of a black student with a graduation cap with “stop killing us” written across it stuck in Jessica Barragan’s mind on Wednesday. Before seeing the image at a panel on race relations in the United States, the third-year sociology student said she had never thought about race relations and police brutality in such finite terms. Read more...
Photo: A panel of UCLA professors discussed race and social inequality issues with students Wednesday. (Heidy Cadena/Daily Bruin)
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January 15, 12:41 am
Deficit from JazzReggae Festival largest in past decade
The JazzReggae Festival’s loss of $120,844 last year was the largest in the past decade because of declining ticket revenues and mounting facility costs. About $113,000 of the deficit was paid for with money from the Undergraduate Students Association Council 2013-2014 surplus, which councilmembers allocated Tuesday night. Read more...
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January 15, 12:36 am
Law school receives grant to help launch firms for low-income clients
A state bar commission recently awarded a grant to the UCLA School of Law and two other law schools to help new lawyers launch and develop firms to help clients who are unable to afford high-priced attorneys. Read more...
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January 14, 12:09 pm
USAC votes to change surplus distribution formula, invest in endowment
The undergraduate student government unanimously voted Tuesday night to invest $10,000 of its surplus funds into its endowment and to change the formula by which surplus funding is distributed across funds that support student group programming. Read more...
Photo: USAC members voted on how to spend this year’s surplus in a meeting Tuesday night. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
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January 14, 3:01 am
Turkish Cultural Club appeals against ASA resolution to divest from Turkey
This article has been updated at 8:36 p.m. on Jan. 14. The Turkish Cultural Club appealed to the undergraduate student government Tuesday to vote against a resolution drafted by the Armenian Students’ Association calling for the University of California to divest from the Republic of Turkey. Read more...
Photo: The Turkish Cultural Club appealed to the undergraduate student government Tuesday to vote against a resolution drafted by the Armenian Students’ Association calling for the University of California to divest from the Republic of Turkey. (Jennifer Hu/Daily Bruin)