This post was updated June 28 at 10:58 p.m. to reflect information about Paul Koretz’s June 22 vote in favor of cutting the LAPD budget and his vote in favor of increasing non-police emergency responders. Read more...
Photo: Protesters gathered in front of City Councilmember Paul Koretz’s Beverly Grove house to protest his vote against a proposal to identify parts of the LAPD budget to cut. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)
This post was updated June 27 at 11:38 p.m with a new photo. A United States government proclamation may bar Chinese graduate students and postdoctoral researchers from entering the United States. Read more...
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UCLA named a new dean of undergraduate education. Adriana Galván will start as dean of undergraduate education July 1, said Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Emily Carter in a statement Thursday. Read more...
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This post was updated June 28 at 2:10 p.m. UCLA will create a Black Resource Center on campus, a UCLA spokesperson confirmed Thursday. The Black Resource Center will be in the center of campus, said UCLA spokesperson Ricardo Vazquez in an emailed statement. The Black Graduate Student Association and the Afrikan Student Union said in a joint statement Thursday that the creation of a Black Resource Center is a monumental step for the Black community at UCLA. Read more...
Photo: UCLA will fund a Black Resource Center on campus, confirmed a UCLA spokesperson. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The University of California’s largest labor union organized a statewide protest Wednesday against UC-wide layoffs related to the coronavirus pandemic. “UC, UC, you’re no good, treat your workers like you should,” chanted dozens of unionized employees outside the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center on Wednesday. Read more...
Photo: Dozens of protesters gathered outside Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center on Wednesday in protest of coronavirus-related layoffs across the University of California. (Justin Jung/Daily Bruin senior staff)
After losing his father to the COVID-19 pandemic, Evan Sentoso is intent on advocating for workers’ rights. Sentoso’s father, Harry Sentoso, passed away at 63, two weeks after he started working at Amazon in late March – during the company’s hiring spree following high demand for essential and non-essential items. Read more...
Photo: Evan Sentoso, a rising fourth-year cognitive science student, is intent on advocating for labor rights in light of his father’s passing. But Sentoso is still grieving over his loss. (Courtesy of Evan Sentoso)
As students and their families face reduced income because of disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic, many are becoming more vulnerable to food insecurity. Tabitha Romero, a fourth-year political science student, was the first in her family to graduate from college, but her celebratory moment is mixed with anxieties for the future and the looming realities of food insecurity. Read more...
Photo: UCLA programs help students alleviate basic needs concerns amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Daily Bruin file photo)
