Saturday, May 9

Parents experience college life in UCLA during Bruin Family Weekend

Rolando Morales smiled at his daughter and observed the grandeur of Kerckhoff patio and Moore Hall. Morales wanted to attend UCLA after high school, but did not have the resources, he said. Read more...

Photo: Three-year-old Bennett Hively and his mother played with the Bruin statue in Bruin Plaza outside Ackerman Student Union during Bruin Family Weekend held at UCLA. (Daniel Leibowitz/Daily Bruin)


UC Berkeley Greek life council bans parties after sexual assault reports

Fraternities and sororities at the University of California, Berkeley banned all parties Tuesday. The UC Berkeley Interfraternity Council announced the ban in a Facebook post after two women reported sexual assault incidents at different fraternity social events on Oct. Read more...

Photo: Fraternities and sororities at the University of California, Berkeley banned parties Tuesday after two reported incidents of sexual assault. (Creative Commons Photo by Jay Cross via Flickr)




Daily Bruin wins awards for nation’s best online, daily college newspaper

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA — The Daily Bruin won two National Pacemaker Awards on Saturday for the nation’s best college newspaper and best college online news outlet for the 2015-2016 year. Read more...

Photo: The Daily Bruin won its fifth Newspaper Pacemaker and its second Online Pacemaker awards at the Associated Collegiate Press Convention. (Sam Hoff/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Photo: Send Silence Packing display raises awareness for suicide prevention

This post was updated Oct. 22 at 1:30 p.m. Students gathered in Meyerhoff Park Friday for the Send Silence Packing display. The display, organized by the UCLA chapter of Active Minds, featured empty backpacks lined on steps to raise awareness for suicide prevention. Read more...

Photo: The Send Silence Packing display featured empty backpacks placed on steps to represent the number of college students that commit suicide each year. (Coco Wang/Daily Bruin)