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Students share stories, celebrate Latino culture in Día de los Muertos festivities

As candles illuminated the Día de los Muertos altar, students, alumni and faculty gathered to exchange eerie stories and spooky legends. Spooky Stories in the Dark, an event hosted by the UCLA Latino Alumni Association, UCLA Black Alumni Association, Academic Advancement Program Alumni Network, Mixed Alumni Association, American Indian Alumni of UCLA, Undocumented Alumni Association of UCLA and Transfer Student Alumni Network, united Bruins for a Halloween and Día de los Muertos celebration Nov. Read more...

Photo: Juan Pablo Garces Ramirez shares a story of the time he encountered a young girl who claimed she could see ghosts at the Spooky Stories in the Dark event at the James West Alumni Center on Nov. 1 (Sam Mulick/Daily Bruin senior staff).



University Co-op community fosters connections through Diwali celebration

This post was updated Nov. 13 at 1:43 a.m. Students wearing kurtas and bright-colored saris gathered at the University Cooperative Housing Association on Saturday evening to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights. Read more...

Photo: Students pray in front of the mandir at a Diwali celebration at the University Cooperative Housing Association on Saturday. Participants celebrated the Hindu holiday by sharing food, praying and dancing together. (Shiv Patel/Daily Bruin senior staff)


AFSCME Local 3299 to strike against the UC on Nov. 20 and 21

This post was updated Nov. 13 at 1:25 a.m. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 will strike against the UC on Nov. Read more...

Photo: Workers with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 – which will strike against the UC on Nov. 20 and 21 – are pictured. (Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor)


5,000 University of California workers to file to form new union

This post was updated Feb. 3 at 3:36 p.m. Five thousand University of California workers filed to form a new union Friday. The union – representing student services and advising workers – will join the United Auto Workers, according to a press release from the Student Services & Advising Professionals at the University of California. Read more...

Photo: Murphy Hall, which houses student service and advising workers, is pictured. 5,000 workers across the University of California filed to form a new union Friday. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UPTE-CWA 9119 announces plans for 2-day strike at UCSF

This post was updated Nov. 13 at 1:37 a.m. The University Professional and Technical Employees-Communications Workers of America 9119 will strike at UC San Francisco on Nov. Read more...

Photo: A member of the University Professional and Technical Employees-Communications Workers of America 9119 is pictured. After authorizing a strike vote, the union will withhold labor at UC San Francisco for two days. (Daily Bruin File Photo)


Robert Rosen, pioneering director of UCLA Film & Television Archive, dies at 84

This post was updated Nov. 13 at 7:28 p.m. Robert “Bob” Rosen, founding director of the UCLA Film & Television Archive and former dean of the School of Theater, Film and Television, died Oct. Read more...

Photo: Robert “Bob” Rosen, the founding director of the UCLA Film & Television Archive, is pictured. The former dean of the School of Theater, Film and Television died Oct. 2 at 84 years old. (Courtesy of UCLA Film & Television Archive)