Thursday, November 12

Students respond to leaked photo of USAC president making gang symbol

Students expressed concern and outrage over a photograph of the undergraduate student government president that began circulating Sunday on social media. In the photo, Danny Siegel, the Undergraduate Students Association Council president, posed with the hand sign of a primarily African American street gang called the Bloods. Read more...

Photo: A photograph of Danny Siegel, the president of the Undergraduate Students Association Council, displaying a gang symbol began circulating online Sunday. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)


Students, staff march in May Day protest outside chancellor’s office

About 30 students and staff marched to Chancellor Gene Block’s office Monday calling for a sanctuary campus and protections for minority students. The Student Labor Advocacy Project organized the walkout and rally as part of the May Day protests happening worldwide, said Parshan Khosravi, a member of SLAP. Read more...

Photo: Protesters rallied in front of Powell Library on Monday calling on UCLA to act on a number of issues, such as sexual harassment, protections for undocumented students and workers’ rights. (Hannah Johnson/Daily Bruin)


Jocelyn Samuels appointed next executive director of Williams Institute

A former assistant attorney general for civil rights will serve as the next executive director of the Williams Institute, officials announced Monday. Jocelyn Samuels will replace the Williams Institute’s founding executive director, Brad Sears, who held the position for 16 years, July 1. Read more...

Photo: Jocelyn Samuels, a specialist in civil rights law, will replace Brad Sears as executive director of the Williams Institute. (Courtesy of the Williams Institute)



UCLA police Chief Tony Lee aims to increase engagement with students

As a police officer, Tony Lee said he has been able to make people’s days better. For instance, he once helped find a celebrity’s purse that contained irreplaceable photos and jewelry. Read more...

Photo: UCLA Chief of Police Tony Lee said he hopes to meet regularly with student groups and the UCLA community to solicit their feedback. (Angelina Ruiz/Daily Bruin)



ELP symposium discusses future of education, immigration policies

Activists for undocumented students and workers temporarily disrupted an education symposium focused on immigration Saturday morning. About 10 protesters, wearing white and bearing the word “sanctuary” written on parts of their bodies, shouted over Chancellor Gene Block as he tried to deliver his welcome speech to teachers, principals and other school administrators at the Educational Leadership Program symposium, “Moving Forward in Education: Responding to the Challenges of the Next Four Years.” “Emails, emails, you’re on top, sanctuary now or we won’t stop,” the protesters chanted. Read more...

Photo: Activists calling on UCLA to adopt sanctuary policies sang in solidarity with undocumented immigrants outside an educational leadership symposium discussing the impact President Donald Trump’s immigration policies will have on immigration and education. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin)