Saturday, April 25

Bruins for Prop 16 encourages students to vote in favor of affirmative action

Undergraduate student leaders are organizing in support of a 2020 election ballot proposition that would allow universities in California to consider race as a factor in admissions. Read more...

Photo: Melody Satele (left), Aidan Arasasingham (center) and Angela Li (right) are some of the several UCLA student leaders who are campaigning for the passage of Proposition 16, which would repeal Proposition 209 if passed. Proposition 209 bans state entities from considering race, sex, ethnicity and national origin in their employment, admissions and contracting. (Sakshi Joglekar/Daily Bruin staff)


Town hall covers UCLA’s plans for continued virtual learning, pandemic response

UCLA plans to give students access to additional learning software and contact tracing tools, university administrators said at a virtual event Wednesday. A large-scale return to campus will not be possible until a COVID-19 vaccine is available and widely deployed, said Administrative Vice Chancellor Michael Beck at the COVID-19 Response & Recovery Task Force Staff Town Hall. Read more...

Photo: UCLA will introduce new technology to improve online learning, contact tracing and testing, said administrators on the university’s COVID-19 task force. (Screen capture by Noah Danesh/Daily Bruin)


UCLA community discusses cautions students should take for safe Halloween weekend

Students should avoid large gatherings for Halloween to prevent a schoolwide spike in COVID-19 cases, a UCLA health professional said. The decisions students make this weekend may mean the difference between having a significant or minimal increase in cases, said Beth Glenn, a health policy and management professor. Read more...

Photo: A UCLA health professional advises students to adhere to social distancing requirements this Halloween to prevent a large-scale outbreak of COVID-19. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)


Study finds younger voters’ mail-in ballots more likely to be rejected

This post was updated Oct. 31 at 3:55 p.m. Young voters in California are more likely than older voters to have their vote-by-mail ballots rejected, a September study found. Read more...

Photo: A study published by the California Voter Foundation found that younger voters are more likely to have their mail-in ballots rejected than are older voters. (Photo by Jason Zhu/Daily Bruin. Photo illustration by Emily Dembinski/Illustrations director)


Students in on-campus housing express concerns amid COVID-19 outbreak on the Hill

This post was updated Oct. 28 at 4:58 p.m. A COVID-19 outbreak in an on-campus residential building caused a variety of concerns for some of its residents, including an increased risk of COVID-19 and potential further restrictions on their movement. Read more...

Photo: Several students living in the De Neve Birch residence hall expressed concern about the COVID-19 outbreak in their building. However, some have faith in UCLA to prevent the outbreak from worsening. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)



Campus organizations aim to make USAC more accessible for international students

Undergraduate student leaders are working to increase student government accessibility to international students. The Undergraduate Students Association Council’s Office of the International Student Representative is partnering with the USA Elections Board and the Dashew Center Student’s International Student Advocacy Committee to encourage more international students to participate in student government. Read more...

Photo: (Nico Hy/Daily Bruin)