This post was updated April 11 at 10:00 p.m. Some student workers said they felt relieved to be some of the first students eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine but thought UCLA could have had better communication. Read more...
Photo: Metztli Mercado-Garcia, a third-year psychology student and student worker at UCLA, received her COVID-19 vaccine because of her student worker status but said the vaccine site was far away and hard to navigate. (Sakshi Joglekar/Daily Bruin staff)
Undergraduate students will vote for about 40 candidates, three constitutional amendments and one referendum in the undergraduate student government election in spring 2021. Alfred Tun, Undergraduate Students Association Elections Board chair and fourth-year economics and political science student, presented the spring election ballot at the Undergraduate Students Association Council meeting Tuesday. Read more...
Photo: Alfred Tun, the Undergraduate Students Association Elections Board Chair, presented the 2021 spring election ballot at Tuesday’s Undergraduate Students Association Council meeting. (Ashley Kenney/Assistant Photo editor)
A UCLA study found that transgender people are more than four times as likely to be victims of violent crimes compared to people who are cisgender. Read more...
A fire hydrant on the UCLA campus burst after being struck by a truck early Wednesday afternoon, spewing water onto nearby facilities. A delivery truck accidentally backed into the fire hydrant on the north side of the Wasserman Football Center at around 12:30 p.m., said UCLA spokesperson Bill Kisliuk in an emailed statement. Read more...
Photo: Water from a burst fire hydrant on the north side of the Wasserman Football Center may have reached the Wasserman Football Center ground floor but did not damage Pauley Pavilion or the Acosta Athletic Complex as of early Wednesday afternoon, a UCLA spokesperson said. (Lillie Yazdi/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated April 11 at 10:04 p.m. Rhea Dhakal has received stares and glares when wearing a mask in her home state Texas. In early March, Texas lifted its eight-month-old mask mandate and reopened businesses at 100% capacity, making it the largest state to have no mask requirements. Read more...
Photo: Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, some states in the United States lifted their mask mandates. (Photo illustration by Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)
University police are looking for a suspect who reportedly broke into a UCLA student’s off-campus residence Tuesday night. The incident occurred on the 600 block of Gayley Avenue at around 10:00 p.m., according to a UCPD crime alert sent Wednesday. Read more...
University police are looking for a suspect who reportedly robbed a UCLA staff member Monday afternoon. The incident occurred near the intersection of Veteran Avenue and Weyburn Avenue at around 2:30 p.m., according to a UCPD crime alert sent Tuesday. Read more...
