Tuesday, August 18

In the news:

Outgoing USAC officers reflect on their time on the council, 2023-2024 term

On May 23, 2023, the Undergraduate Students Association Council officers for the 2023-2024 term began their first meeting as newly sworn-in officers. Now-former President Naomi Hammonds adjourned their final meeting May 21 – 364 days later. Read more...

Photo: Former Undergraduate Students Association Council officers Meagan Harmon, Eva Jussim, Chia Ying Wong and Naomi Hammonds are pictured from left to right. The 2023-2024 council attended its last meeting May 21. (Courtesy of USAC Student Government Services)


Q&A: Graduate student Russell Stong IV shares hope for future Bruins with scholarship

Former UCLA basketball player Russell Stong IV is tallying new assists off the court through a scholarship for low-income engineering students. The mechanical engineering graduate student announced in March the creation of the Russell Stong IV Engineering Scholarship, which will be used to support low-income students in the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science. Read more...

Photo: Russell Stong IV is pictured next to the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science Building. (Zoraiz Irshad/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Pro-Palestine protesters set up 3rd solidarity encampment in Dickson Plaza

This post was updated June 10 at 11:16 p.m. Pro-Palestine protesters set up a third encampment Monday afternoon in Dickson Plaza. The protesters set up tents and barricades on the western end of Dickson Plaza around 3:15 p.m. Read more...

Photo: Protesters set up tents and equipment as part of a third pro-Palestine encampment on campus. (Darlene Sanzon/Assistant Photo editor)



US Supreme Court future decisions could redefine national abortion care

This post was updated June 10 at 2:30 p.m. In the wake of the reversal of Roe v. Wade, two United States Supreme Court cases could redefine the national landscape of abortion care. Read more...

Photo: Pro-choice protesters march through Bruin Plaza after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022. The court will decide upon two more cases relating to abortion rights this term. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Students, TAs recount challenges with online lab classes following encampment

Following the attacks on and police sweep of the first Palestine solidarity encampment, 43 pro-Palestine protesters and other individuals – whom UCPD alleged were trying to occupy and vandalize Moore Hall – were arrested in Parking Structure 2 on May 6. Read more...

Photo: Following the encampment, UCLA’s students, teaching assistants and professors have dealt with the impacts of transitioning to remote lab classes. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Family of Black women graduate UCLA, celebrate Bruin legacy amid shared experience

Blue and gold runs through the generations in this family. In 1987, Tina Choyce graduated from UCLA with a bachelor of arts in psychology. Decades later, her three daughters will all have graduated from her alma mater. Read more...

Photo: From left to right: Ashley Choyce, Jazmin Choyce, Tina Choyce and Briana Savage pose for a photo in front of Royce Hall. This spring, Jazmin will become Tina’s third daughter to graduate from UCLA. (Courtesy of Briana Savage)