The Westwood Village Improvement Association is a nonprofit organization tasked with improving the state of Westwood Village. Property and business owners created the association in 2011 to provide the Village with functions the city of Los Angeles could not provide. Read more...
News, Westwood
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May 16, 3:37 pm
Westwood Village Improvement Association recap – May 16
Campus, News, UC
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May 16, 3:28 pm
Health insurance insecurity, labor outsourcing among union’s concerns in strike
Oralia Palma, a medical assistant and union member, said she was recently diagnosed with lupus. When she responded poorly to generic brand medication, she tried to switch brands but found her UCLA-provided insurance would not cover the expense. Read more...
Photo: The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 went on strike Thursday to protest insurance insecurity and temporary laborer outsourcing. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)
News, UC
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May 16, 1:22 am
Regents recap – May 15
The governing board of the University of California met for the second day of its May meeting at UC San Francisco on Wednesday. The Board of Regents discussed a systemwide audit of the admissions process, raised Professional Degree Supplemental Tuition at UC Berkeley and discussed LGBTQ initiatives across the UC. Read more...
Photo: The University of California Board of Regents met for the second day of its May meeting and discussed a system-wide audit of the admissions process, raised Professional Degree Supplemental Tuition at UC Berkeley and discussed LGBTQ initiatives across the UC. (Daily Bruin file photo)
News, Student Government
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May 16, 12:53 am
USAC recap – May 14
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every Tuesday at 7 p.m. Read more...
Campus, News
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May 16, 12:50 am
Anthropology guest lecturer accused by students of encouraging anti-Semitism
Students said they think a guest lecturer for an anthropology class promoted anti-Semitic ideas Tuesday. Rabab Abdulhadi, an Arab and Muslim ethnicities studies professor at San Francisco State University, delivered a guest lecture to roughly 100 students in Anthropology M144P: “Constructing Race,” which focuses on race and racism and is taught by Kyeyoung Park, an associate professor of anthropology and Asian American studies at UCLA. Read more...
Photo: During a lecture in the Fowler Museum, Rabab Abdulhadi, an Arab and Muslim ethnicities studies professor at San Francisco State University, and students argued about the contents of Abdulhadi’s lecture. Abdulhadi said Zionism is linked to white supremacy. (Tanmay Shankar/Daily Bruin)
A Closer Look, News
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May 16, 12:45 am
New UCLA association creates community for first-generation college students
Belen Bravo did not realize her experiences as a first-generation college student made her different from other students until her first year at UCLA. “I was on my floor last year and there was someone who said, ‘Yeah, I think my mom has like a Ph.D.’ My mom only went to middle school,” Bravo said. Read more...
Photo: Kesia Eng, a third-year political science student, Héctor Osorio, a third-year sociology student and Stephanie Toledo, a third-year sociology student (left to right), spoke about their experiences as first-generation undergraduate students at an event Monday. (Esther Li/Daily Bruin)
Campus, News
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May 15, 7:07 pm
One of the first female NASA astronauts to be 2019 college commencement speaker
One of NASA’s first female astronauts will speak at UCLA’s commencement ceremony June 14. Anna Lee Fisher, a three-time UCLA graduate, was part of NASA’s first astronaut class to include women, as well as the first mother in space. Read more...
Photo: Anna Lee Fisher, a three-time UCLA graduate, will speak at UCLA’s commencement ceremony June 14. Fisher was part of NASA’s first astronaut class to include women, as well as the first mother in space. (Daily Bruin file photo)