Thursday, August 6


UAW Local 2865 announces strike April 2-3

The union representing teaching assistants and other University of California student academic workers announced Thursday it will strike for two days next month to protest alleged unfair labor practices by the University. Read more...


Man seen peering into student’s window on Kelton Avenue

A man was seen peering into a UCLA student’s Westwood apartment early Thursday morning, the most recent in a series of similar incidents this year. The student, who asked to remain anonymous, said she was watching a movie in her apartment on the 400 block of Kelton Avenue at about 1:25 a.m. Read more...



Chancellor Block covers diversity, finances in meeting

Each quarter, the Daily Bruin’s editorial board meets with UCLA Chancellor Gene Block to discuss campus issues and to understand university policy. This quarter’s meeting on Wednesday covered topics including diversity, campus finances and hiring practices. Read more...



Books Beyond Bars provides outlet for juveniles

A walk through quiet corridors and past a wide grass field takes two UCLA graduate students, with 57 hand-picked books in hand, to an empty room in the Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall. Read more...

Photo: Xuemin Zhong, a library and information science graduate student, helps teenagers at the Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall find books to read. Zhong is the president of UCLA’s student group Books Beyond Bars, which has faced difficulties in the past few years in making many visits to Nidorf Hall. (Neil Bedi/Daily Bruin senior staff)