Mini Spidermen, Batwomen and other superheroes flocked to Wilson Plaza Sunday, to take part in the superhero-themed 15th annual Bruin Run/Walk. More than 1,100 men and women registered for the 5K race this year, said Hannah Chou, a third-year electrical engineering student and director of the event. Read more...
Photo: UCLA students gather at the Bruin Run/Walk Sunday morning. (Tamaryn Kong/Daily Bruin)
California applicants this year had a smaller chance of receiving an acceptance letter to UCLA than nonresident applicants – a growing trend for at least the past six years. Read more...
Members of the L.A. community gathered at Fowler Museum Friday to brainstorm ways to improve the future of the city. About 150 people attended the #UCLA2050 Symposium, which aimed to engage students, faculty and community leaders in sharing their visions for Los Angeles in the year 2050. Read more...
Photo: USAC President John Joanino speaks to attendees during the #UCLA2050 Symposium at the Fowler Museum on Friday. (Tamaryn Kong/Daily Bruin)
Jairo Madrigal was tired, but he did not let his first day of chemotherapy keep him from participating in this year’s Relay for Life. Madrigal, a second-year sociology student, began treatment for leukemia on Saturday, the same day as the 11th annual 24-hour fundraising event put on by Colleges Against Cancer. Read more...
Photo: Laura Kaufman (right), a third-year economics student, and Laryssa Storozuk (left), a third-year cognitive science student, talked about each of their mothers’ deaths from cancer. They said their moms are the reasons why they are both campaigning to find a cure. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin)
In an interview on Friday with the Daily Bruin's editorial board, University of California President Janet Napolitano said she will not raise tuition next year even if the state doesn't give all the funds the UC is asking for. Read more...
Photo: Janet Napolitano spoke with the Daily Bruin Editorial Board on Friday and promised to not raise tuition next year. She also discussed matters relating to divestment and the UC campus climate survey. (Brandon Choe/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Student activists across the country are increasingly turning to their undergraduate student governments to pressure their universities to divest from corporations linked to the Israeli government. Read more...
About 40 people marched through campus Friday to protest animal experimentation for research. Members of animal rights organization Stop Animal Exploitation Now! and other groups held the demonstration to commemorate World Laboratory Animal Liberation Week and to protest animal research at UCLA. Read more...
