Wednesday, March 25

Student Wellness Commission hosts cultural showcase ‘Joy as Resistance’

Students gathered on Feb. 27 to watch campus cultural groups perform at an event hosted by the Undergraduate Students Association Council’s Student Wellness Commission. Student Wellness Commissioner Hannah Yip hosted “Joy as Resistance” – a cultural showcase highlighting music and dance from cultural student organizations – in Carnesale Commons from 5 to 7 p.m. Read more...

Photo: Jade Lotus Lion Dance at UCLA does a traditional lion dance performance as part of SWC’s Joy as Resistance event, a cultural showcase highlighting music and dance from cultural student organizations. (Nicholas Mouchawar/Daily Bruin)


Professor Alex Wang discusses China, climate action at UCLA Law event

Law professor Alex Wang credited China for its advancements in green technology but criticized its shortcomings in ecological protection at a book talk Wednesday. The talk was divided between Wang’s explanation of his book titled “Chinese Global Environmentalism” and a conversation between him and Mary Nichols, the former chair of the California Air Resources Board. Read more...

Photo: The event was organized by the UCLA Emmett Institute on Climate Change & the Environment and took place at the UCLA School of Law, which is pictured. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Petitioners push billionaire tax, other initiatives for California ballot

This post was updated March 8 at 10:00 p.m. California advocates are trying to put a tax on billionaires on the November ballot. Leaders from Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West and St. Read more...

Photo: Bruin Walk – one campus location where petitioners typically try to get signatures – is pictured. California advocates are trying to put a tax on billionaires on the November ballot. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UCLA professor to retire, cancel spring class amid criticism over Epstein ties

This post was updated March 8 at 9:45 p.m. Editor’s Note: This article contains references to sex offenses, including against minors, which some readers may find disturbing. Read more...

Photo: UCLA’s Schoenberg Hall is pictured. Mark Tramo, an associate adjunct professor in UCLA’s department of neurology who communicated with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, said in a Friday email that he will retire in June and canceled his spring quarter class. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Rejected fee initiative cannot appear on May USAC ballot, USA Judicial Board rules

This post was updated March 8 at 9:47 p.m. The USA Judicial Board on Friday unanimously rejected an appeal to overturn the USA Elections Board’s disqualification of a student fee initiative from the May Undergraduate Students Association Council election. Read more...

Photo: Jiorden King and Vonnie Nightingale Smith, the chairperson and vice chairperson of the Community Programs Office Student Leadership Council, listens to statements from USA Elections Board chairperson and vice chairperson Syed Tamim Ahmad and Carl Maier at their Friday case. King and Smith accused the elections board of violating the election code by not properly advertising a week seven referendum deadline on the Election Calendar. (Izzy Greig/Daily Bruin)


In Plain Sight: Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden staff cultivate connection, education

This post was updated March 8 at 9:55 p.m. Most UCLA students dread taking 8 a.m. lectures – the earliest courses UCLA offers. But by 7:30 a.m., John Cluff – the manager of the Mildred E. Read more...

Photo: Victoria Sork, the director of the Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden, smiles. Staff members at the garden work to keep its 7.5 acres clean and safe. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Students debate activist Chloe Cole at Turning Point USA at UCLA event

UCLA students debated a conservative activist who opposes gender-affirming care for minors at a Turning Point USA event in Bruin Plaza on Wednesday. The event – organized by TPUSA’s West Hollywood and UCLA chapters – was part of a series called “Pick up the Mic” which invites college students to debate Chloe Cole, a speaker who supports banning minors from receiving gender-affirming care after her own gender detransition. Read more...

Photo: Chloe Cole, a conservative activist, debates a student at a Turning Point USA event in Bruin Plaza on Wednesday. Cole said she believes minors should not be allowed to gender transition, adding that those who do may feel happier in the moment, but their quality of life will eventually worsen. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)



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