A recent UCLA study found that cultural and political conflict is costing American public schools more than just time. American school districts have spent roughly $3.2 billion toward resolving tensions over how political issues are taught in educational spaces in the 2023-2024 school year, according to the study. Read more...
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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)
A mental health street team helped students handle Election Day stress outside Ackerman Union on Nov. 5. Octave, a mental health service with a clinic based in Westwood, organized outreach teams outside UCLA voting centers at both Ackerman Union and the Hammer Museum on Election Day, providing resources such as breathing exercises and access to therapy to help students manage their political stress. Read more...
Photo: Students follow the results of the Nov. 5 general election at an election night watch party. Experts from Octave – a mental health service with a clinic based in Westwood – said the election can cause stress for community members. (Edward Ho/Daily Bruin)
UCLA students expressed disappointment and optimism at a Bruin Democrats election watch party Nov 5. The Bruin Democrats at UCLA hosted a watch party at Royce Hall for students to follow along and react together to the election results as they came in. Read more...
Photo: Attendees at a Bruin Democrats election night party watched NBC news on a projector in Royce Hall. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Republicans have won a majority in the United States House of Representatives, the Associated Press projected. The AP called the race in Arizona’s 6th Congressional District in favor of Rep. Read more...
Photo: The United States Capitol is pictured. The Republican Party will keep control of the U.S. House of Representatives come January, the Associated Press projects. (Myka Fromm/Daily Bruin senior staff)
President-elect Donald Trump appointed William McGinley – a UCLA alumnus – as his White House counsel. McGinley, who graduated from UCLA with a history degree in 1992, has also held the role of White House Cabinet secretary in Trump’s first administration and general counsel to the National Republican Senatorial Committee. Read more...
Photo: Bunche Hall, which houses the Department of History, is pictured. President-elect Donald Trump appointed William McGinley, a UCLA history alumnus, to be his White House counsel. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated May 13 at 12:12 p.m. Editor’s note: This article contains a description of a miscarriage. This post was updated May 6 at 5:41 p.m. Read more...
Photo: Donald Trump is pictured. Trump defeated Kamala Harris to win the 2024 U.S. presidential election Nov. 5. (Courtesy of Riley Brown/The Crimson White)
