Friday, July 24

UCLA expands partnership with Horace Mann Middle School

UCLA will help expand a middle school in South Los Angeles under an agreement signed with the Los Angeles Unified School District last month. The Graduate School of Education and Information Studies will partner with Horace Mann Middle School to add grade levels nine through 12, develop a revised curriculum and improve after-school programs, UCLA officials said in a press release. Read more...

Photo: Principal Orlando Johnson, center, said he has already seen improvements in student performance since UCLA partnered with Horace Mann Middle School in 2014. (UCLA Newsroom)


Students discuss experiences with eating disorders for awareness week

After getting into a fight with her father at 1 a.m., Kayla He went to her room and ate as many chicken fingers and pizza slices as she could. Read more...

Photo: Kayla He, a first-year pre-communication studies student, will speak about her experiences with a past eating disorder at an event Thursday for National Eating Disorder Awareness Week. She said she hopes to see changes in the way people talk about eating disorders. (Andrew Arifin/Daily Bruin)


Twenty-five UCLA employees identified in UC sexual harassment reports

UCLA had 25 cases of faculty, staff and employees who sexually harassed university community members between 2013 and 2016, the second-highest number among the 10 UC campuses, according to documents released by University of California campuses Tuesday. Read more...

Photo: About 35 percent of complainants in the 113 sexual harassment case reports released by individual University of California campuses Tuesday were students. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)


USAC ad hoc committee looks to increase student representation

A committee trying to reform the undergraduate student government to include underrepresented communities held its first meeting Tuesday night. The ad hoc committee, which aims to discuss ways to increase student representation in the Undergraduate Students Association Council, is meant to consist of several USAC representatives and a student focus group. Read more...

Photo: USAC Transfer Student Representative Divya Sharma spoke to some attendees at a meeting about the importance of student representation in student government. (Manpreet Kaur Grewal/Daily Bruin)




Restaurants to replace Landmark Regent Theater after doors close

An historic 50 year-old single screen theater in Westwood will soon be restored to its original facade and replaced by two restaurants. The Landmark Regent Theater is a single-screen theater that has shown mainly independent and foreign films since 2002. Read more...

Photo: The Landmark Regent Theatre will soon close, to be replaced by two restaurants. (Hannah Burnett/Daily Bruin)