Saturday, April 11

USAC proposal will use surplus to partly cover commuter students’ parking permits

The Undergraduate Students Association Council approved a proposal to use surplus funding to help commuter students pay for on-campus parking permits. The commuter aid proposal suggested by General Representative 2 Naomi Hammonds and passed on March 14 would cover $50 of commuter students’ parking passes, which are currently priced at $292.93 per quarter, using surplus funds. Read more...

Photo: A road full of cars is pictured. The Undergraduate Students Association Council approved funding for a proposal that would give commuter students $50 to pay for parking permits on campus. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UCLA employees Raag Agrawal, Jacob Wasserman to appear on NWWNC ballot

Two candidates running for the worker stakeholder position in the North Westwood Neighborhood Council election will face the voters next month in the council’s only contested race. Read more...

Photo: Raag Agrawal and Jacob Wasserman, both candidates for the North Westwood Neighborhood Council’s worker stakeholder seat, are pictured. The race is the only contested seat in the council’s May 4 election.


2023 #SpeechMatters conference examines campus protections of democratic freedom

This post was updated April 12 at 12:13 a.m.  The UC National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement hosted its fifth annual #SpeechMatters conference on March 23. Read more...

Photo: The start of the UC National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement’s #SpeechMatters conference is pictured. Panelists discussed threats to free speech and how academic freedoms may be impacted. (Constanza Montemayor/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA professor emeritus Judith Baca receives 2021 National Medal of Arts

The White House honored Judith Baca with one of the nation’s most prestigious awards for artistic excellence March 21. President Joe Biden awarded Baca – professor emeritus of Chicano/a and Central American Studies and world arts and cultures – the 2021 National Medal of Arts alongside 21 other individuals and two organizations. Read more...

Photo: A placard displaying Judy Baca’s name and the title of her mural is pictured. Baca received an award for artistic excellence for her work in public art and storytelling. (Joseph Jimenez/Assistant Photo editor)


Administrators prohibit depictions of UCLA from student film about activism

UCLA administrators prevented UCLA’s Film and Photography Society from making a historical film about UCLA student activism with any information identifying the UCLA brand. The film, prospectively titled “Good Morning Murphy Hall,” sought to depict the anti-war protest efforts at UCLA following the Persian Gulf War and United States troop mobilization in the Middle East. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA Film and Photography Society was denied approval to portray the university in a short film about a 1991 student protest (pictured). (Daily Bruin file photo)


April edition of First Thursdays introduces Arts Avenue to Westwood

More than 3,800 Bruins and Westwood community members gathered for an artistic take on the First Thursdays block party to kick off spring quarter. Live music, interactive community projects, food trucks and immersive art installations turned Broxton Avenue into Arts Avenue for April’s edition of the community-oriented celebration. Read more...

Photo: Community members paint on a canvas as part of the Community Collaboration booth at First Thursdays’ Arts Avenue. (Grace Wilson/Daily Bruin)