Saturday, May 9

Students fight against throwing away of plastic bag ban

Students supporting a statewide ban on single-use plastic bags held a press conference Wednesday morning in Meyerhoff Park to make their case to the public. About 20 students from California Public Interest Research Group, and interns from the Monterey Bay Aquarium shared reasons they think people should support Proposition 67. Read more...

Photo: UCLA students in CALPIRG advocated Wednesday morning for Proposition 67, which would uphold California’s ban on single-use plastic bags in grocery and retail stores. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)


USAC leaders work to increase gun control advocacy among students

This post was updated Oct. 13 at11:15 a.m. Three UCLA students spoke with White House officials Friday to discuss student advocacy on gun control issues. Undergraduate government student leaders Danny Siegel, Rafi Sands and Tanner Kelly met in the Roosevelt Room with three White House senior advisors and 11 other student leaders from across the country. Read more...

Photo: Student leaders Rafi Sands, Tanner Kelly and Danny Siegel visited the White House Friday to discuss gun control advocacy on college campuses with senior advisors and other student leaders. (Courtesy of Rafi Sands)


UCLA Dining juices up Bruin Café with new spritzers

UCLA Dining Services introduced four new juice spritzers at Bruin Café last week as part of its Healthy Campus Initiative. UCLA Dining Services officials said in a statement they began testing the new Minute Maid spritzers at Bruin Café to provide students with low-calorie drinks and promote healthy lifestyle choices. Read more...

Photo: UCLA Dining Services introduced new Minute Maid spritzers at Bruin Café to enable students to make healthy lifestyle choices. (Laura Uzes/Daily Bruin)



Proposition HHH puts housing projects for homeless on November ballot

Los Angeles residents will be able to vote in November on a measure that would build 10,000 housing units over 10 years for homeless individuals. Proposition HHH would lend $1.2 billion to developers from general obligation bonds paid by property taxes. Read more...

Photo: Proposition HHH, a November ballot measure, would build 10,000 units for homeless individuals in Los Angeles over the next 10 years. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Student regent speaks of her experience as part of National Coming Out Week

The University of California student regent spoke about her experience as a Queer Chicana student at a panel on National Coming Out Day. The event, hosted by the Queer Alliance at UCLA on Tuesday, featured Student Regent Marcela Ramirez. Read more...

Photo: University of California Student Regent Marcela Ramirez shared her experiences advocating for LGBT and gender inclusivity in higher education at a National Coming Out Day talk. (Pinkie Su/Daily Bruin)