The Disabled Student Union is calling on UCLA to create a Disability Cultural Center that would provide a physical space on campus for students with disabilities to find community and to honor alumna Lily Shaw. Read more...
Photo: The Disabled Student Union is working to create a Disability Cultural Center on campus and has identified a space in Kerckhoff Hall that could potentially house the center. (Ashley Kenney/Photo editor)
Gov. Gavin Newsom seeks to address issues such as climate change, homelessness and public safety in his proposal for the 2022-2023 California state budget. On Jan. Read more...
Some UCLA Den Pass holders are calling for compensation because of basketball game cancellations, COVID-19 and line mismanagement. The Den Pass offers access to all home UCLA football and men’s basketball regular-season home games, postseason ticket priority, an exclusive T-shirt and other benefits for $149 until July 1 and $169 after that date, according to UCLA Athletics. Read more...
Photo: The inside of Pauley Pavilion sits empty. Some students are calling on UCLA to provide partial refunds for Den Pass holders, expressing frustration over COVID-19 protocols that have led to basketball game cancellations and line mismanagement. (Anika Chakrabarti/Assistant Photo editor)
A new California law went into effect Jan. 1 that limits the types of plastics donning the recycling symbol. Senate Bill 343, signed into law Oct. Read more...
Photo: Certain plastics bearing the recycling symbol may not be recyclable – a common misconception that a new California law seeks to address. Experts also emphasized the need for more policies that would reduce the amount of plastic waste generated in the first place. (Patrick Shao/Daily Bruin)
Editor’s note: This article uses the descriptor “unhoused” to describe people experiencing homelessness to respect Theo Henderson’s preferred use of the term. Theo Henderson will become the UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy’s 2022 activist-in-residence, a position first hosted in 2017 to improve academic understanding of social justice. Read more...
Photo: Theo Henderson hosts “We The Unhoused,” a podcast documenting stories of the unhoused people of Los Angeles and beyond. As an advocate for people who are unhoused, Henderson has been selected to be the newest activist-in-residence at the Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Jan. 26 at 7:00 p.m. UCLA community members and formerly incarcerated individuals gathered for an event to discuss incarceration’s impact on women. Read more...
Photo: Attendees of Women Beyond Bars Initiative panel gather outside at the Westwood United Methodist Church. (Courtesy of Rafik Wahbi)
University police are looking for three suspects reportedly involved in an on-campus strong arm robbery Monday afternoon. The incident took place at De Neve Plaza around 1:30 p.m., according to a UCPD crime alert sent Monday. Read more...
