This post was updated Dec. 2 at 9:39 p.m. A Jewish student filed a discrimination complaint against the Undergraduate Students Association Council Cultural Affairs Commissioner on Monday. Read more...
Photo: Kerckhoff Hall, which hosts the offices of the Undergraduate Students Association Council, is pictured. USAC Cultural Affairs Commissioner Alicia Verdugo is facing an allegation that their office discriminated against Jewish applicants during its fall hiring cycle. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Monday for breaking into Saxon Suites and sexually assaulting a UCLA student this summer. Jeffrey Brewer, who is 42 years old, pleaded no contest to sexual penetration by use of force and to burglary, and will have to pay restitution, which will be determined at a later date, according to ABC7 Los Angeles. Brewer was arrested in July for breaking into Saxon Suites and was charged with one count of sexual penetration by use of force and one count of first-degree residential burglary. According to a July press release from District Attorney George Gascón, Brewer was found loitering around Saxon Suites in the early morning of July 5, where he was briefly let into the building but was then asked to leave by a student. Read more...
Photo: Saxon Suites, a form of student housing at UCLA, is pictured. On Monday, a man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for breaking into the suites and assaulting a student in July. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Dec. 1 at 11:10 p.m. Undergraduate Students Association Council General Representative Diego Emilio Bollo’s office held its first Latine Caucus on Nov. Read more...
Photo: A lecture hall in Moore Hall is pictured. Undergraduate Students Association Council General Representative Diego Emilio Bollo’s office hosted a Latine Caucus in Moore Hall on Nov. 6. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
For the first time in two years, UCLA students can use the Powell Library Main Reading Room. In fall 2022, the library’s main reading room shut down for seismic renovations to meet updated building codes, said Allison Benedetti – associate university librarian for teaching, learning and research – in a written statement. Read more...
Photo: Students study in the Powell Library Main Reading Room. The room reopened in October after around two years under construction. (Kayla Williams/Daily Bruin senior staff)
As election results trickled in Nov. 5, UCLA students gathered to watch in Pauley Pavillion. BruinsVote – a nonpartisan group led by the Undergraduate Students Association Council and Graduate Student Association – hosted the event, which featured food, drinks and large screens for attendees to watch election results. Read more...
Photo: Students watch election results at a watch party in Pauley Pavilion. BruinsVote, a nonpartisan organization led by student government organizations, held the watch party Nov. 5.(Jessica Allen/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Dec. 1 at 11:05 p.m. A line wrapped around the Student Activities Center on Wednesday afternoon as UCLA Community Programs Office staff organized and distributed hundreds of food boxes. Read more...
Photo: (Alicia Caldera/Daily Bruin staff)
To find the perfect study spot at UCLA, students have to race for available seats and wrestle one another for power outlets. UCLA has 22 outdoor study spaces, 30 indoor study spaces and eight libraries, according to the UCLA website. Read more...
Photo: Students study in the Charles E Young Research Library. The library has a variety of study spaces, including meeting rooms and collaboration pods. (Karla Cardenas-Felipe/Daily Bruin)
