This post was updated May 3 at 9:43 p.m. A UCLA team took second place at a national quiz bowl championship April 11. A total of 64 collegiate teams faced off for the title in Rosemont, Illinois, answering questions about history, philosophy, science and literature. Read more...
Photo: Members of UCLA’s ‘B’ Quiz Bowl team hold a trophy. The team took second place at a national tournament in Rosemont, Illinois, on April 11.(Courtesy of NAQT)
When Graeme Blair heard President Donald Trump’s promises to carry out a mass deportation campaign ahead of the 2024 presidential election, he began planning the Deportation Data Project. Read more...
Photo: Graeme Blair, a co-founder of the Deportation Data Project and a political science professor at UCLA, stands in front of the California Center for Population Research. The center has provided the project with funding which has largely been used to fund litigation. (Chenrui Zhang/Daily Bruin staff)
Three UCLA students are pushing for housing reform in Westwood. Undergraduate Students Association Council General Representative Brett Berndt, USAC Student Housing Liaison Gabriella Llaneta and fourth-year political science student Henry Houser created UCLA’s chapter of the Student Homes Coalition, a statewide organization dedicated to advocating for better student housing. Read more...
Photo: USAC Student Housing Liaison Gabriella Llaneta, USAC General Representative Brett Berndt and fourth-year political science student Henry Houser are pictured left to right in front of a staircase in Kerckhoff Hall. The three students created the first chapter of the Student Homes Coalition, a student housing advocacy organization, at UCLA. (Karla Cardenas-Felipe/Daily Bruin staff)
A UCLA club is offering support to Arab American students looking to pursue careers in healthcare. UCLA’s National Arab American Medical Association NextGen chapter provides students with resources, events and advice on how to be competitive when applying for health-related graduate programs, said Alex Ottersbach, president of NAAMA. Read more...
Photo: NAAMA NextGen at UCLA provides students with resources, events and advice on how to be competitive when applying for health-related graduate programs. (Courtesy of NAAMA NextGen at UCLA)
This post was updated May 6 at 12:08 a.m. Eight candidates for the Undergraduate Students Association Council transfer student representative pledged to connect transfer students with different campus resources at a Thursday debate. The USA Elections Board and the Daily Bruin co-hosted a series of debates between candidates in the upcoming USAC election. Read more...
Photo: (From left to right, top to bottom) Khadijah Abdalla, Ashley Ma, Dayanara Flores, Diana Raya Perez, Saidee Teresa Silva, Kristian Suazo, Austin Buranapan and Max Brian Hernandez, candidates for the Undergraduate Students Association Council transfer student representative, speak at a Thursday debate. The candidates debated transfer inclusivity on campus. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)
A civil liberties group told UCLA on Monday that the university should not stop a conservative student group from identifying demonstrators who protested a United States Department of Homeland Security lawyer’s campus event. Read more...
Photo: Demonstrators chant in Shapiro Courtyard. A civil liberties group told UCLA on Monday that the university should not stop a conservative student group from identifying demonstrators who protested a U.S. Department of Homeland Security lawyer’s campus event. (Karla Cardenas-Felipe/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated May 5 at 11:41 p.m. The Undergraduate Students Association Council president called on students to approve changes to the USA Constitution at a Thursday debate. Read more...
