Ejaz Ahmed, a Bangladesh native, recounted his family’s experience during the 1971 Bengali independence struggle at an on-campus event Wednesday night. “We were kept in prison camps for months,” he said. Read more...
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March 6, 1:00 am
Bengali Students Association celebrates culture, commemorates holidays
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March 6, 12:47 am
Anderson Wine Club to compete in wine-tasting finals in France
Michael Peck spent the summer after his college graduation in a Napa Valley wine cellar, pitching yeast into a grape skin and juice mixture and filling 1,000 barrels with fresh red and white wine. Read more...
Photo: Members of the Anderson Wine Club met Wednesday to share wine and listen to a speaker about his wine company. (Sonja Bartlett/Daily Bruin)
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March 6, 12:35 am
Student groups discuss racial profiling against South Asians
More than a quarter of the nearly 40 South Asian and Middle Eastern students in the room raised their hands when a speaker asked if they had ever been called a terrorist. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Zoya Chhabra)
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March 6, 12:26 am
Students stop by the Hill to make sandwiches for the homeless
Tubs of peanut butter and jelly lay open across a sticky table in De Neve Plaza as students crowded around, chatting about classes and debating the advantages of crunchy and creamy. Read more...
Photo: Divya Mowji, a fourth-year psychobiology student, helps make sandwiches for homeless at the Sandwiches for Smiles event. (Kailey Rishovd/Daily Bruin)
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March 6, 12:22 am
New housing system causes confusion among students
UCLA Housing is requiring undergraduate students to find their own roommates before signing up for on-campus or university housing for the first time this year. Because of the change, some students said they have not been able to get into the room they preferred and others have struggled to find students to form official roommate groups. Read more...
Campus, News, Student Government
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March 5, 4:48 pm
GSA recap – March 4
The Graduate Students Association is the voice of graduate students on campus. The association meets for forum every three weeks and takes positions on current issues affecting graduate students. Read more...
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March 5, 11:51 am
Former UCLA researcher James Enstrom reaches settlement with UC
This post was updated at 5:50 p.m. A former UCLA researcher who filed an unlawful dismissal lawsuit in 2012 will be paid $140,000 and have his termination rescinded as part of a settlement reached with the University of California Board of Regents on Wednesday. Read more...
Photo: (Daily Bruin file photo)