Saturday, April 25

Student organizations emphasize campus resources for homelessness, food insecurity

There are many resources students experiencing hunger and homelessness may not know about, according to UCLA student and community leaders at a panel Tuesday. The Bruin McKinney Vento Initiative supports the academic success of students experiencing homelessness by providing them with access to basic needs, 580 Cafe helps students find food resources in local communities during the pandemic, and Swipe Out Hunger collects residential Hall meal swipes and donates them to students. Read more...

Photo: There are many resources available for students experiencing food insecurity and homelessness, according to UCLA student and community leaders at a panel Tuesday. (Screen capture by Esther Li/Daily Bruin staff)



Remembering professor Juan Gómez-Quiñones, Chicano studies scholar and activist

Juan Gómez-Quiñones was a Chicano Renaissance man. This means the former UCLA history professor instilled Chicano pride in his students, said Gustavo Arellano, a former graduate student and a Los Angeles Times columnist. Read more...

Photo: Juan Gómez-Quiñones, the co-founder and former director of the Chicano Studies Research Center, died Nov. 11 at the age of 80. He left a lasting impact on the Chicano community and was known for his activism. (Courtesy of Salomón Huerta)


Grad student faces lack of health care after UCLA cancels TA contract

UCLA did not renew a contract for a teaching assistant, who now has to find another way to pay for his cancer treatments and tuition. Hughlin Boyd, a graduate student in the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, received an email from UCLA the day before the start of the fall quarter, informing him that he was ineligible to work as a teaching assistant for the quarter. Read more...

Photo: A UCLA graduate student now has to find other ways to afford his tuition and health care after UCLA canceled his teaching assistant contract. (Esther Li/Daily Bruin staff)




UC campuses to recognize preferred name, gender identity on university documents

This post was updated Dec. 6 at 8:53 p.m. Some students are celebrating a new University of California policy that recognizes students’ preferred names and gender identities. Read more...

Photo: Some students are celebrating a new UC policy that recognizes students’ preferred name and gender identity. The policy was announced Nov. 10 and all UC campuses have until the end of 2023 to fully implement it. (Jason Zhu/Daily Bruin senior staff)