More than 45 years after being fired from her UCLA professorship for being in the Communist Party, renowned civil rights activist Angela Davis returned to speak about institutional racism Thursday at Royce Hall, where she had given a speech on freedom almost half a century ago. Read more...
Photo: Angela Davis, a renowned activist who was fired for being in the Communist Party in 1970, spoke on Thursday about institutional racism in the prison system. (Felicia Ramirez/Daily Bruin staff)
A few students from several student groups lay on the ground and pretended to be dead on Thursday as part of a protest against the use of drones in American warfare. Read more...
Photo: Amnesty International at UCLA held a protest Thursday against the use of drones, saying they are responsible for unlawful killings abroad. (Laura Boranian, Bruin contributor)
UCLA cancelled a political education festival that would have occurred at Pauley Pavilion this Saturday because it said the event’s organizers failed to pay on time for use of the facility. Read more...
The UCLA 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...
Sachin Medhekar, a satirical candidate running for this year’s General Representative office in the Undergraduate Students Association Council election, recently talked with Daily Bruin campus reporter Jasmine Aquino about his campaign platforms and why he decided to run for USAC. Read more...
Three UCLA students will be awarded the Charles E. Young Humanitarian Award on Thursday for their contributions and commitment to community service projects. The Charles E. Read more...
Photo: Tara Noorani, a fourth-year physiological science student, is the coordinator of the Mobile Clinic Project at UCLA, a project run by more than 50 undergraduate students coming together with medical, public health and law students. (Joseph Chan/Daily Bruin)
Shortly after internationally renowned scholar and activist Angela Davis came to teach at UCLA in 1969, the University of California Board of Regents attempted to remove her as a professor because of her membership in the Communist Party. Read more...
Photo: Angela Davis, a renowned activist, will speak at Royce Hall Thursday, more than 40 years after her first lecture there, which she delivered shortly before being terminated from her professorship at UCLA. (Brandon Choe/Daily Bruin senior staff)
