Eduardo Perez clearly remembers Sept. 5, the day President Donald Trump announced his decision to terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. But Perez, a first-year political science student and DACA recipient, also remembers the email UCLA, the school he was going to attend that fall, sent out in response. Read more...
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June 6, 11:17 pm
Newsom and Cox advance to general election for governor, Democrats race for Senate
This post was updated June 9 at 2:51 a.m. Democratic Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom and Republican John Cox won the California gubernatorial primary election Tuesday. Newsom led with 33 percent of the vote; Cox won 26 percent. Read more...
Photo: Sen. Dianne Feinstein won the primary election for U.S. Senate, taking 44 percent of the vote. (Sharon Zhen/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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June 4, 12:40 am
California and UCLA restrict travel to Oklahoma in response to anti-LGBTQ law
UCLA will join California in barring employees from traveling to Oklahoma, which enacted a law that targets LGBTQ couples. The California Attorney General’s office announced Friday that it would ban public employees from work-related travel to Oklahoma after the state passed a law that allows adoption agencies to turn away LGBTQ couples based on religious beliefs. Read more...
Photo: Although UCLA Athletics does not have to abide by the California Attorney General’s ruling, it will not schedule further commitments with states with discriminatory legislation. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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May 31, 11:23 pm
Congressman Adam Schiff speaks on Russia investigation, North Korea and Trump
The United States congressman representing Los Angeles said at an event Thursday the current presidential administration’s influence on the media is threatening democracy and freedom of the press. Read more...
Photo: Adam Schiff, ranking Democratic member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, spoke at the Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture Series hosted by the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin staff)
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May 31, 1:50 am
Conservative speaker Andrew Klavan offers different perspective on diversity
Andrew Klavan said he felt proud to be an American when he saw people of diverse cultural backgrounds, sexual orientations and political affiliations at an airport in San Francisco. Read more...
Photo: Andrew Klavan, novelist and host of a podcast on The Daily Wire, spoke about conservative ideology at an event on Tuesday.(Courtesy of Andrew Klavan)
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May 30, 4:55 pm
UCLA ranks as second-best public university nationwide, ninth in world
A magazine that reports on higher education ranked UCLA the second-best public university in the United States. The Times Higher Education published their World Reputation Rankings for 2018 on Wednesday, which ranked UCLA ninth in the world among 100 universities, an increase from 13th last year. Read more...
Photo: UCLA ranked ninth best university worldwide in the Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings, an increase from 13th last year. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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May 22, 12:27 am
Incumbent Sen. Dianne Feinstein talks UC funding, gun control
U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein said she is depending on young people to advocate for gun control legislation. Members of the Daily Bruin Editorial Board spoke with Feinstein, a Democrat who is running for re-election against California state Sen. Read more...
Photo: Dianne Feinstein said one way to combat tuition rises is to increase Pell Grants. Pell Grants currently cover less than a third of college tuition, she said. Feinstein said she has not voted against a single education program or loan and added she does not intend to ever vote against such proposals. (Sharon Zhen/Daily Bruin senior staff)