This post was updated on Nov. 20 at 5:22 p.m. The undergraduate student government voted 8-2-2 at its meeting Tuesday night to pass a resolution that calls for the University of California to divest from American companies that some say profit from human rights violations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Read more...
Photo: More than 250 students attended the USAC meeting Tuesday night to voice their opinions to council regarding the divestment resolution. (Joseph Chan/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated on Nov. 18 at 6:30 p.m. More than 150 students marched through campus and held a sit-in at the chancellor’s office Tuesday to protest a recent University proposal that could raise tuition by up to 5 percent annually for the next five years. Read more...
Photo: Students protest proposed tuition hikes in front of Powell Library. (Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin)
UCLA is finishing up installing new access card readers in residence halls, causing mixed reactions among students. Students with new BruinCards can tap them on the new card readers to enter the residence halls, instead of swiping. Read more...
Photo: Shirley Lin, a second-year nursing student, swipes her card at one of the access stations on the Hill. (Jessica Zhou/Daily Bruin)
UCLA has the sixth largest population of international students enrolled at its campus, according to a report published Monday by an independent nonprofit organization. The Open Doors Report showed that UCLA has admitted about 9,580 international students for the 2013-2014 academic year, an increase of 13.7 percent from last year. Read more...
Derek Herrera was in combat when a sniper’s bullet struck him on a Special Operations mission in Afghanistan in June 2012. “It’s inherently risky what we do (in the military),” Herrera said. Read more...
Photo: Derek Herrera, a second-year student in the UCLA Anderson School of Management’s executive business program, planned to be a career Marine until it was no longer possible because of an injury. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)
UCLA’s residence halls will soon have one centralized laundry room in each building rather than smaller laundry rooms on each floor. UCLA Housing and Hospitality Services and Residential Life decided to change the current laundry room set up after UCLA experienced problems with the ventilation system causing false fire alarms, said Barbara Wilson, associate director of room operations for UCLA Housing and Hospitality Services. Read more...
Photo: Madison Varias, a first-year undeclared physical sciences student, uses the laundry room in her residence hall. UCLA Housing and Hospitality Services and Residential Life plan to install centralized laundry rooms in each building on the Hill. (Max Himmelrich/Daily Bruin)
Dozens of volunteers at the Sunset Canyon Recreation Center quickly spread peanut butter and jelly on bread and stacked sandwiches in an assembly line at an event to promote National Homeless Awareness Week on Saturday. Read more...
Photo: Larry Levine, cofounder of MyPocketChange, works with other volunteers to pack meals for the homeless at Sunset Canyon Recreation Center. (Courtesy of Alyssa Dorn)
