Saturday, May 9

UCLA removes posters advocating for white supremacy, xenophobia

UCLA removed posters promoting white supremacy and xenophobic attitudes on campus earlier this week. The posters promoted the “UCLA White Students Group,” and said the government has embraced the replacement of whites and appeasement of the demands of minority groups. Read more...

Photo: Some posters with positive messages were defaced with graffiti hostile to undocumented students and other groups (Sam Hoff/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Westwood Community Council recap – Nov. 15

The Westwood Community Council meets several times a year to discuss issues relevant to the Westwood Village business and residential community. Los Angeles City Councilmember Paul Koretz proposed a 60-mile aboveground transportation system for automated cars that could bypass traffic stops. Read more...


Skilled trade workers strike over UCLA wage negotiations

This post was updated Nov. 16 at 4:18 p.m. Skilled trade workers and administrative workers went on strike Wednesday, claiming that UCLA bargained with them in bad faith over a new contract. Read more...

Photo: Teamsters Local 2010, the union representing skilled trades and administrative workers, went on strike Wednesday alleging UCLA refused to negotiate on back pay. (Eda Gokcebay/Daily Bruin)




UC regents’ meeting to focus on federal funding for higher education

The University of California Board of Regents will discuss the effect of president-elect Donald Trump’s higher-education funding policies on UC students and its annual UC Accountability Report, among other topics, at its meeting on the UC San Francisco Mission Bay campus Wednesday and Thursday. Read more...

Photo: The University of California Regents will meet Wednesday and Thursday for their bimonthly board meeting at UC San Francisco. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)


Professor accused of sexual harassment to return in winter 2017

UCLA students are concerned about the school’s decision to allow a professor accused of sexual harassment to teach in winter 2017. History professor Gabriel Piterberg and Stephen Aron, chair of the history department, agreed in June that Piterberg would resume teaching in winter and spring. Read more...

Photo: Gabriel Piterberg, whose alleged sexual harassment of two graduate students sparked protests earlier this year, will teach two courses next winter. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)