Three Chilean student organizers will speak at UCLA on Wednesday to advocate for social revolution and access to free education. The Student Collective Against Labor Exploitation, or SCALE, will host Gabriel Gac, Pablo Silva and Melissa Feritto, anarchist student organizers who have participated in a series of Chilean student protests in recent years. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Gabriel Gac)
The UCLA Academic Senate is currently accepting nominations for an annual award meant to honor students and faculty who promote an impartial and inclusive learning environment at UCLA. Read more...
Students are mobilizing for and against a resolution that calls for divestment from companies that profit from the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories. The Undergraduate Students Association Council is set to vote Tuesday on the resolution, which asks for the University of California to divest from specific companies that the resolution claims are complicit in the human rights abuses of Palestinians. Read more...
Fifth-grade student Robert Ibar stood at a table holding a steering wheel – a piece of a real race car. Ibar smiled widely as he talked about the color scheme he submitted for UCLA Racing’s 2014 competition car. Read more...
Photo: Interaxon, a UCLA student group, hosted an event on Monday to encourage elementary school students to be excited about science and pursuing a higher education. (Gaby Cabalza/Daily Bruin)
The UCLA Black Law Students Association met with the law school dean Monday about possible ways to improve campus climate for students of color. Students in the association discussed a letter they drafted to Law School Dean Rachel Moran and a petition that they launched on Friday. Read more...
UCLA Chancellor Gene Block called on faculty to establish a diversity-related general education requirement by the end of 2014, on Monday in an email to the campus community. Read more...
Students now have the opportunity to vote on a new design for a new UCLA library mug, which student leaders hope will reduce campus waste. Associated Students UCLA and Undergraduate Students Association Council Facilities Commissioner Armen Hadjimanoukian organized the redesign process. Read more...
Photo: Students get to vote on what they would like to see on UCLA Library’s newest mug design. Courtesy of Armen Hadjimanoukian
