Wednesday, August 26

USAC introduces revamped election code to prevent password theft

New student government rules will attempt to keep election coordinators from taking off with email and social media passwords when their term expires. Since 2019, two Undergraduate Students Association Council Election Board chairs were either removed or resigned in the middle of their term. Read more...

Photo: The Undergraduate Students Association Council passed revisions to the election code on Jan. 21 that added social media guidelines to prevent election board chairs from taking off with council’s social media and email credentials. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Anti-hazing advocate speaks at UCLA, pushing for students to speak up

This post was updated Jan. 30 at 1:52 p.m. Hazing killed Lianne Kowiak’s son in college. She says stopping hazing is everyone’s responsibility. Roughly 250 people attended a speech by Kowiak, an anti-hazing advocate, at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion Club on Tuesday night. Read more...

Photo: Lianne Kowiak’s son died as a result of hazing in 2008. She now travels to high schools and colleges across the country telling his story and advocating for stricter anti-hazing laws. (Christine Kao/Daily Bruin)


Parent to plead guilty for involvement in admissions scandal

A woman who allegedly paid for her son’s admission into UCLA has accepted a plea deal, according to a Los Angeles Times article Wednesday.   Xiaoning Sui, who was detained by Spanish authorities in September, will plead guilty to federal program bribery, the article stated. Read more...

Photo: A woman who agreed to pay $400,000 for her son’s admission into UCLA has accepted a plea deal, according to a Los Angeles Times article. (Daily Bruin file photo)



$25M donation makes Yanai Initiative a permanent program

The Yanai Initiative, which connects UCLA to Waseda University in Japan to study Japanese literature and culture, will become a permanent fixture on campus after a $25 million donation. Read more...

Photo: The Yanai Initiative was established in 2014 after a $2.5 million donation from Tadashi Yanai, founder of the Japanese clothing company UNIQLO. Yanai donated an additional $25 million Jan. 15, making the initiative a permanent campus entity. (Courtesy of UCLA Newsroom)