A conflict specialist said Monday he thinks the United States sometimes makes risky decisions while addressing international conflicts. Paul Stares, a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, a nonprofit think tank specializing in U.S. Read more...
Photo: Paul Stares, a a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, spoke about preventative engagement at an event hosted by the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations on Monday. (Emma Skinner/Daily Bruin)
Students from different parts of the world shared their experiences with developing a personal identity at an event Monday. Several campus offices, including the Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars and the UCLA International Education Office, partnered with Powell Library to host “Conversation Cafe,” which facilitated discussions between students about the struggles of finding a sense of belonging in a foreign country. Read more...
Photo: Students shared their experiences of finding a personal identity in a foreign country at the “Conversation Cafe” event Monday. (Laura Uzes/Daily Bruin)
Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro spoke in Ackerman Grand Ballroom on Monday at UCLA. Shapiro fielded students’ questions after his talk, encouraging those with opposing views to engage in discourse. Read more...
About 150 individuals attended a protest against a speech by a conservative commentator at Bruin Plaza on Monday. Several student groups, including Socialist Students UCLA and the Young Democratic Socialists at UCLA, organized the protest in response to a lecture by Ben Shapiro at Ackerman Union. Read more...
Photo: Protesters and individuals wearing “Make American Great Again” hats engaged in political debates sparked Ben Shapiro’s speech on campus. (Amy Dixon/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated on Nov. 13 at 9:49 p.m. A conservative commentator said he thinks left-leaning university campuses display authoritarian traits at an event hosted by a conservative student group Monday. Read more...
Photo: Ben Shapiro, a conservative commentator, explained the nine elements of fascism and said left-leaning university campuses display those behaviors. (Kristie Valerie-Hoang/Assistant Photo editor)
On Oct. 31, a new makerspace opened outside Rieber Hall. The space will provide students with the opportunity to build, craft and customize creations with state-of-the-art machinery. Read more...
Anthony Nikodym waved a pen in front of a webcam Sunday morning as he worked with two other students to create an interactive pictionary game. Nikodym, a first-year computer science and engineering student, spent 12 hours working with his team during Hack on the Hill, a hackathon for beginners hosted by the UCLA Association for Computing Machinery. Read more...
Photo: Students learned coding and programming techniques at the Hack on the Hill event on Sunday, which was aimed at students with little or no experience with hackathons. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin staff)
