Students filled the stage with the passionate steps and energetic arm movements of the traditional bhangra dance, but added their own urban twist with modern hip-hop dance moves and music. Read more...
Photo: Simran Bohgunh, a third-year political science student and MC for the night, speaks to the crowd at the Sikh Student Association’s culture night. (Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin)
She rose from her crouched position to the sound of “Hallelujah” with sharp, erratic movements that flowed into one another. Using music to guide her dance, Tiffanie Chow shared her story of being raped when she was 13 years old. Read more...
Photo: Dwayne Carl and David Lyons spoke about their struggles serving in the military as gay men. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
A war waging thousands of miles away forced Julie Avetisyan’s parents to flee their home in Baku, Azerbaijan, when they were 17 years old. Avetisyan, now a first-year fine arts student and member of the Armenian Students’ Association, said her family was uprooted from their home during the Artsakh Liberation War, fought in the 1980s to the 1990s. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Natalie Kalbakian)
This post was updated on Nov. 20 at 5:50 p.m. The UCLA Academic Senate’s Legislative Assembly approved a diversity-related course requirement for the College of Letters and Science with a 85-18 vote Thursday afternoon. Read more...
This post was updated on Nov. 20 at 9:54 p.m. UCLA officials canceled the bonfire portion of the Beat ‘SC Bonfire and Rally Thursday night as about 50 students marched in circles around the bonfire site to protest potential tuition hikes. Read more...
Photo: About 50 student protesters cancelled Thursday’s traditional Beat ‘SC bonfire, which between 4,000 and 5,000 students attended. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin)
The Sikh Student Association will host its seventh cultural night on Friday, along with its first-ever bone marrow drive at the event. “The cultural night will be a place and time that brings students from other colleges together,” said Harinder Sran, a third-year psychology student and social director of the Sikh Student Association. Read more...
After struggling to adjust to her new college life last fall, Elizabeth Manzanero found a place to call home. She said her friends at the Queer Academy, a student group under the Queer Alliance organization, provided her with advice and guidance to get the help she needed. Read more...
