“Raise your hand if you do not have a smartphone.” In a room full of students and faculty, not one person raised their hand. Dr. Sohil Sud posed this question to the audience at the “Prioritizing Mental Health Fitness” panel March 12. Read more...
Photo: The doors to the Bruin Viewpoint Room are pictured. The Prioritizing Mental Health Fitness panel, which featured student-athletes, promoted the launch of a journaling app. (Anna Dai-Liu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Students reacted strongly to a newly redesigned web page for campus dining hours and menus as they returned from spring break. The new page was introduced week one of spring quarter to better align the UCLA Dining website with other campus web pages, according to a written statement from UCLA Housing. Read more...
Photo: The newly redesigned UCLA Dining website is pictured. Students criticized the new design changes for its inaccessibility and inaccuracies. (Anna Dai-Liu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated April 4 at 12:45 a.m. Two unions struck on campus Tuesday, limiting student access to dining, cleaning and mail services. The University Professional and Technical Employees-Communications Workers of America 9119 – which represents researchers and technical workers – voted to strike across the UC in response to the University’s alleged unfair labor practices and bad-faith bargaining. Read more...
Photo: The University Professional and Technical Employees-Communications Workers of America 9119 picket in front of Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. The union struck Tuesday in response to alleged unfair labor practices by the UC. (Max Zhang/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated April 1 at 10:5 p.m. As colorful sarees and embroidered kurtas filled the dance floor, wedding guests danced to the beat of Bollywood music and Neil Pal’s dhol. Read more...
Photo: Neil Pal plays the dhol. The second-year computer science and linguistics student plays the traditional Punjabi instrument at UCLA cultural events, weddings and baraats. (Courtesy of Saahas for Cause)
This post was updated April 1 at 11:05 p.m. Students at the Fielding School of Public Health are told to focus on vulnerable communities. So teaching a class on Palestine – the site of what the World Health Organization calls an emergency situation – seemed only natural for a group of the school’s students. Read more...
Photo: Randall Kuhn speaks at a March 11 rally. The professor of community health sciences was set to be the instructor of record for a public health course – which was canceled – on Palestine. (Nicolas Greamo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated April 1 at 11:14 p.m. Emergency services evacuated the Molecular Sciences Building early Tuesday morning. A gas canister exceeded its pressure threshold, causing a minor explosion in the building around 6 a.m. Read more...
Photo: A UCLA Fire Department vehicle is pictured outside the Molecular Sciences Building. The department, alongside the UCLA Police Department and the Los Angeles Fire Department, responded to a minor gas canister explosion early Tuesday morning. (Andrew Diaz/Daily Bruin)
