Tuesday, May 5

Transfers magazine drives transportation research into accessible format

A new UCLA magazine that launched Wednesday features work from other universities to make transportation research more accessible to students, policymakers and the public. The UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies released its first issue of Transfers Magazine, which features research from the Pacific Southwest Region University Transportation Center, said Madeline Brozen, associate director of ITS and Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies at UCLA and editor in chief of Transfers Magazine. Read more...

Photo: (Daily Bruin file photo) The UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies released its first issue of Transfers Magazine last Wednesday to feature work from a group of eight universities.


Judicial board rejects fourth petition against election board

The undergraduate student government judicial board rejected a fourth petition this week against the election board Saturday. Melissa Tapia and Asha Isse filed a petition claiming the election board made a series of election code violations. Read more...

Photo: The Undergraduate Students Association Council Judicial Board rejected a fourth petition this week against the election board on Saturday. (Edward Qiao/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Judicial board rejects third petition against election board in a week

The undergraduate student government judicial board rejected a petition against the election board Friday, marking the third rejected petition this week. The judicial board denied to review a petition filed by Matthew Richard and Ramneek Hazrah, who claimed the election board did not follow the judicial board’s orders to issue a reasonable sanction for Bruins United candidates Bella Martin and Victoria Solkovits engaging in attempted voter coercion during the Undergraduate Students Association Council election campaign. Read more...

Photo: The judicial board issued a petition against the election board Friday, the third petition it has rejected this week. (Ed Qiao/Daily Bruin senior staff)


USAC proposes installment of cameras in Kerckhoff in response to hate crimes

Student leaders are calling for security cameras to be installed at Kerckhoff Hall after several hate crimes occurred during the school year. The Undergraduate Students Association Council first proposed adding security cameras to the third and fourth floors of Kerckhoff during its meeting May 8 because the Academic Affairs commissioner’s door was vandalized with a homophobic slur earlier in May. Read more...

Photo: Undergraduate student leaders are proposing to install security cameras to the third and fourth floors of Kerckhoff Hall after several hate crimes occurred during the school year.(Daily Bruin file photo)



Student-created multimedia gallery tells stories of Holocaust survivors

Dana Schwartz was forced to say goodbye to her father without speaking or showing emotion, so as to not reveal her Jewish identity. Jacob Bresler searched for his brother for decades after World War II ended, reading countless letters and claims from all over the world. Read more...

Photo: Joyce Chang, a third-year mathematics of computation student, helped create a multimedia exhibition that documented the experiences of Holocaust survivors, such as Jacob Bresler. (Emma Skinner/Daily Bruin)