Public Comment: Prabhdeep Rai, the UCLA California Public Interest Research Group chapter chair and a fourth-year history student, said CALPIRG progressed in its campaigns for clean energy, voter registration, ending oil drilling and affordable textbooks. Read more...
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Crime, Los Angeles, Los Angeles City Council, News, Westwood
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March 12, 11:52 am
LAPD’s use of Jackie Robinson Stadium as field jail was inappropriate, report finds
The LAPD was unprepared to handle mass arrests, and its use of the UCLA-leased Jackie Robinson Stadium as a detention center during protests against racial inequality was inappropriate, a report released Thursday found. Read more...
Photo: A report released Thursday evaluating the LAPD’s handling of protests in 2020 found that the use of Jackie Robinson Stadium as a field jail was inappropriate. UCLA leases the stadium for its baseball team and allowed the LAPD to use the lot before it was turned into a field jail. (Anika Chakrabarti/Daily Bruin staff)
A Closer Look, Campus, News
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March 11, 8:38 pm
Project SPELL student members continue tutoring operations despite defunding
This post was updated March 13 at 2:42 p.m. Students are working to keep a tutoring club for UCLA workers alive after it was defunded in June. Read more...
Photo: Student leaders at Project Students for Progress in Employee Language Learning are keeping the program alive following UCLA’s defunding of the organization last summer. (Daily Bruin file photo)
California, Los Angeles, National, News, Science & Health, Westwood
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March 10, 3:02 pm
Social media campaigns provide education about COVID-19 vaccines
Health care workers and public health advocates are using social media to encourage people to get the COVID-19 vaccine and combat misinformation about COVID-19. Anna Yap, a resident physician at UCLA, started an organization in December with a network of physicians after seeing people spreading COVID-19 misinformation online. Read more...
Photo: To tackle misinformation about the new COVID-19 vaccines, doctors and medical professionals are using social media and other platforms to spread accurate information. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)
Crime, News
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March 10, 1:13 pm
2 defendants plead not guilty to visa fraud, college admissions scheme
Two Southern California residents pleaded not guilty for allegedly helping international students gain admission to United States colleges, including three University of California schools. Yi Chen, 33, and Yixin Li, 28, allegedly signed contracts with international students and guaranteed them admission to a college of their choice by creating an application package with fabricated transcripts, letters of recommendation, admissions essays and standardized test scores, according to an indictment from Tracy Wilkison, the acting U.S. Read more...
Photo: Two individuals linked to former UCLA alumnus Liu Cai, who helped at least five international students gain admissions to U.S. colleges by fraud, were indicted for conspiracy, visa fraud and aggravated identity theft. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Campus, News, Student Government
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March 9, 9:07 pm
Board to decide if USAC violated guidelines by denying Bruin Republicans travel funds
This post was updated March 10 at 5:33 p.m. to reflect a clarification of Emily Luong’s statement. A student panel will decide if student government officials violated financial guidelines by denying in-person travel expenses to Bruin Republicans. Read more...
Campus, Los Angeles, News
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March 9, 9:02 pm
UCLA reopens some libraries, recreation services with limited capacity
After nearly a year of COVID-19 pandemic-related closures, UCLA is beginning to reopen. Some campus facilities, including some libraries, recreation facilities and art studio spaces, have already reopened, while others will reopen by next week, administrators announced in a campuswide email Tuesday. Read more...
Photo: UCLA will reopen some campus facilities, including libraries, starting this week. Most campus facilities have been closed for almost a year. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)