This post was updated Dec. 2 at 9:39 p.m. A Jewish student filed a discrimination complaint against the Undergraduate Students Association Council Cultural Affairs Commissioner on Monday. Read more...
Photo: Kerckhoff Hall, which hosts the offices of the Undergraduate Students Association Council, is pictured. USAC Cultural Affairs Commissioner Alicia Verdugo is facing an allegation that their office discriminated against Jewish applicants during its fall hiring cycle. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A recent UCLA study found that cultural and political conflict is costing American public schools more than just time. American school districts have spent roughly $3.2 billion toward resolving tensions over how political issues are taught in educational spaces in the 2023-2024 school year, according to the study. Read more...
Photo: (Helen Sanders/Daily Bruin)
A man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Monday for breaking into Saxon Suites and sexually assaulting a UCLA student this summer. Jeffrey Brewer, who is 42 years old, pleaded no contest to sexual penetration by use of force and to burglary, and will have to pay restitution, which will be determined at a later date, according to ABC7 Los Angeles. Brewer was arrested in July for breaking into Saxon Suites and was charged with one count of sexual penetration by use of force and one count of first-degree residential burglary. According to a July press release from District Attorney George Gascón, Brewer was found loitering around Saxon Suites in the early morning of July 5, where he was briefly let into the building but was then asked to leave by a student. Read more...
Photo: Saxon Suites, a form of student housing at UCLA, is pictured. On Monday, a man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for breaking into the suites and assaulting a student in July. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Dec. 1 at 11:10 p.m. Undergraduate Students Association Council General Representative Diego Emilio Bollo’s office held its first Latine Caucus on Nov. Read more...
Photo: A lecture hall in Moore Hall is pictured. Undergraduate Students Association Council General Representative Diego Emilio Bollo’s office hosted a Latine Caucus in Moore Hall on Nov. 6. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
A new law will soon ban legacy admissions across California universities. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill in September banning all California higher education institutions from considering donor status or whether a candidate had a family member attend the institution as part of admissions decisions beginning in September 2025. Read more...
Photo: The University of Southern California is pictured. Gov. Gavin Newsom recently passed a bill banning legacy and donor-preference admissions at all California universities. (Courtesy of Matt Lin)
For the first time in two years, UCLA students can use the Powell Library Main Reading Room. In fall 2022, the library’s main reading room shut down for seismic renovations to meet updated building codes, said Allison Benedetti – associate university librarian for teaching, learning and research – in a written statement. Read more...
Photo: Students study in the Powell Library Main Reading Room. The room reopened in October after around two years under construction. (Kayla Williams/Daily Bruin senior staff)
As election results trickled in Nov. 5, UCLA students gathered to watch in Pauley Pavillion. BruinsVote – a nonpartisan group led by the Undergraduate Students Association Council and Graduate Student Association – hosted the event, which featured food, drinks and large screens for attendees to watch election results. Read more...
Photo: Students watch election results at a watch party in Pauley Pavilion. BruinsVote, a nonpartisan organization led by student government organizations, held the watch party Nov. 5.(Jessica Allen/Daily Bruin)
