The Undergraduate Students Association Council held its fourth meeting of spring quarter Tuesday. USAC is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Read more...
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April 25, 9:28 pm
Pro-Palestine encampment features teach-ins, speeches as counter-protesters engage
Editor’s note: This post was updated on March 14 at 2:09 p.m. to provide retroactive anonymity to a source due to safety concerns. Organizers led chants and speeches in Dickson Plaza on Thursday afternoon as the protest encampment continued and counter-protests formed. Read more...
Photo: A participant in the encampment points to the left as they stand amid other protesters. Those in the encampment, which began Thursday morning, participated in events such as a Passover Seder. (Ella Coffey/Daily Bruin)
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April 25, 9:24 pm
Student onlookers express differing opinions on pro-Palestine encampment
Students and community members had mixed feelings about the ongoing pro-Palestine encampment on campus, with some expressing support while others said it made them uncomfortable. Hundreds of people gathered with tents outside Royce Hall on Thursday to call for the UC to divest from companies associated with the Israeli military and to boycott Israeli academic institutions. Read more...
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April 25, 8:43 pm
Report examines deaths of people experiencing homelessness in LA in 2023
The Los Angeles City Controller’s office found that deaths among the city’s unhoused population in 2023 were caused in part by increasing overdoses and inadequate services. Read more...
Photo: A Los Angeles cityscape is pictured. A report by the LA City Controller’s office found a rise in deaths among the city’s unhoused population in 2023. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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April 25, 7:54 pm
Resnick Center hosts food law and policy conference, reflects on its future
UCLA scholars, students, and food law and policy leaders reflected on the past, present and future of the field at a conference celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Resnick Center for Food Law and Policy on April 18 and 19. Read more...
Photo: Pictured are panelists at a conference celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the Resnick Center for Food Law and Policy. (Courtesy of Todd Cheney)
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April 25, 7:13 pm
Panelists discuss mental health amid conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, Iran
Armenian and Iranian sororities hosted a panel to discuss the impacts of military conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh and government crackdowns in Iran on the mental health of UCLA community members. Read more...
Photo: Members of a panel to discuss the impact of recent international events in Artsakh and Iran are pictured. The panel – hosted by two cultural sororities – took place April 18. (Nicolas Greamo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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April 25, 4:57 pm
Examining parallels to 1985 student calls for divestment from South Africa
This post was updated April 25 at 1:05 a.m. Student and faculty calls for divestment Thursday echoed the demands made against apartheid in South Africa in 1985, which led to divestment from the UC a year later. Read more...
Photo: Student and faculty calls for divestment from South Africa in 1985 hold similar demands to protests launched Thursday against Israel by students and supported by faculty. (Daily Bruin file photos. Photo illustration by Mia Tavares/Assistant Design director)