Thirty-five pro-Palestine protesters, many of who participated in last spring’s Palestine solidarity encampment, announced Thursday they will be suing the UC, UCLA, police forces and counter-protesters. Read more...
Photo: Pro-Palestine activists hold up a banner Thursday at a press conference outside the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center. (Anna Dai-Liu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Five people struck a student in the face and took his clothes in Dickson Plaza early Thursday morning while thousands of students participated in UCLA’s “Undie Run.” The incident happened around 12:20 a.m. Read more...
Photo: Powell Library is pictured at night. Five people struck a student and stole his clothes early Thursday morning outside the campus building. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Two separate groups protested on campus Wednesday, coinciding with a UC Board of Regents meeting at UCLA. Around 40 pro-Palestine protesters, many wearing keffiyehs and masks, gathered outside a UC Board of Regents meeting at the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center to call for divestment from companies associated with the Israeli military. Read more...
Around 150 people protested outside a UC Board of Regents meeting Tuesday to call for divestment from companies associated with the Israeli military and condemn the continuation of the Israeli military’s bombing of the Gaza Strip. The protest – led by organizations including Students for Justice in Palestine at UCLA and the Palestinian Youth Movement’s Los Angeles, Orange County and Inland Empire chapter – began with a noon press conference in front of the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center, where the regents are meeting from Tuesday to Thursday. Read more...
Photo: Protesters demonstrate outside a UC Board of Regents meeting at the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center on Tuesday. The protesters called for divestment from companies associated with the Israeli military. (Andrew Diaz/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated March 14 at 10:59 p.m. UCPD arrested a registered sex offender near Covel Commons around 1 p.m. Friday for unlawfully entering campus. Read more...
Photo: Covel Commons is pictured. UCPD arrested a person near the building around 1 p.m. Friday for unlawfully entering campus. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Forget spiders, snakes or heights – for some, public speaking is the most frightening thing of all. Founded this fall, Speech Team @UCLA provides UCLA students with the opportunity to strengthen their speaking skills, said Ernesto Perez, a team membership co-president of Speech Club. Read more...
Photo: (Ingrid Leng/Daily Bruin Staff)
Melanin and Medicine began in 2019 as a way for Black students at UCLA pursuing health care careers to support each other. But the club quickly expanded its mission – evolving into a nonprofit organization with the mission of supporting Black pre-health students and the greater Los Angeles community, said Laila Harris, the group’s chair of cardiology and assistant project service director. Read more...
Photo: The board of Melanin and Medicine at UCLA is pictured. The organization, founded in 2019, aims to support Black pre-health students and the greater Los Angeles community. (Courtesy of Laila Harris)
