Thursday, August 6


UCLA students visit Haiti, assist local health center

The original caption accompanying this article contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. As their plane angled down to start its descent into Port-au-Prince, Haiti, three UCLA students saw the rusted tin roofs and dirt streets of a city that was still struggling to recover from the 7.0 earthquake that struck the island four years ago. Read more...

Photo: Lyolya Hovhannisyan, a fourth-year neuroscience student, travelled to the town of Petit-Goâve in Haiti with two other UCLA students to help improve diabetes education and treatment. The students said they could still see effects of the earthquake that struck the country four years ago. Courtesy of Mary Cutler


UCLA TAs strike over alleged unfair UC labor practices

More than a hundred unionized teaching assistants and supporters went on strike at UCLA Thursday to protest alleged unfair labor practices they say University of California management has committed. Read more...

Photo: Political science graduate student Jason Ball participates in the Thursday strike. (Christopher Hoo/Daily Bruin senior staff)





USAC to host first-ever Spring Activities Fair

The original version of this article contained information that was unclear and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. More than 100 student groups and other campus departments will fill Bruin and Wilson Plazas Thursday to showcase their organizations at UCLA’s first Spring Activities Fair. Read more...