Friday, August 7

Newly added arts-themed floor draws student interest

Students with a passion for the arts may soon find their niche on the Hill’s newest themed floor. After a submission and selection process, the UCLA Office of Residential Life chose the visual and performing arts collective to be the latest addition to the Hill’s themed floors for the 2014-2015 academic year. Read more...



Bruin becomes quarterfinalist on Jeopardy! College Championship

For the past few months, Ben Juster balanced his UCLA schoolwork with intensive trivia training – preparation for competing in the Jeopardy! College Championship. The fourth-year anthropology student is one of 15 quarterfinalists who competed in January for a Jeopardy! Read more...

Photo: Ben Juster, a fourth-year anthropology student, trained for months to compete in the Jeopardy! College Championship. Courtesy of Ben Juster



UCLA law students protest lack of diversity

Students at the UCLA School of Law hosted an event on Monday to highlight a lack of racial diversity and to encourage school officials to be more accommodating of minority students. Read more...

Photo: Adriane Peralta, a member of the UCLA Law Review, spoke at the event on Monday, which protested a lack of diversity at the UCLA School of Law. (Courtesy of Ronald Robertson)


Rally protests incidents of discrimination on UCLA campus

Students and faculty held a rally Monday to protest racial and gender discrimination on campus in response to a racist and sexist flier sent to UCLA’s Asian American Studies Center last week. Read more...

Photo: Uyen Hoang, a fourth-year international development studies student and director of the Asian Pacific Coalition, spoke at Monday’s rally. (Justin Chang/Daily Bruin)