Friday, February 6

Student unions call for UCLA Housing to adopt federal rent relief program

Two UCLA student unions are calling on the university to accept a federal relief program that would pay back debt incurred by university housing tenants. United Auto Workers 2865, a student workers union at UCLA, and the UCLA Tenants Union started a petition April 10 asking the university to accept federal assistance offered in California Senate Bill 91, which passed in late January. Read more...

Photo: Two student unions are asking UCLA to forgive unpaid rent accrued since the pandemic started. (Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)


Prospect of in-person fall quarter met with mixed feelings among students, staff

UCLA students and faculty share their anxiety and excitement as they prepare for the transition back to in-person instruction. Both incoming and returning students anticipate coming back to campus; however, some feel concerned about acclimating socially after more than a year of social distancing. Read more...

Photo: Students expressed their excitement and anxiety at the prospect of in-person classes next year. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)


UCLA administrators talk plans for in-person classes, vaccinations at town hall

This post was updated May 2 at 9:07 p.m. UCLA administrators announced plans to hold large fall quarter classes remotely and require vaccination for in-person classes at a town hall Monday. Read more...

Photo: UCLA administrators said in a town hall event on Monday that they plan to have large fall quarter classes remotely and require vaccination for in-person classes. (Noah Danesh/Daily Bruin)


North Westwood Neighborhood Council to hold fully mail-in election

The North Westwood Neighborhood Council’s first entirely mail-in election in May may result in higher voter turnout but has also created candidate registration issues. The NWWNC represents UCLA and Westwood in the Los Angeles City Council. Read more...

Photo: The North Westwood Neighborhood Council is holding its biennial election on May 11. Voters must request absentee ballots and send them by election day. (Ashley Kenney/Assistant Photo editor)



UCLA to commission review of LAPD’s use of Jackie Robinson Stadium

UCLA is planning to commission an independent third-party review of the events that led to the LAPD using the UCLA-leased Jackie Robinson Stadium to detain protesters during the George Floyd protests in June, administrators announced Friday. Read more...

Photo: UCLA selected two co-chairs to lead reviews into campus safety policies and the 2020 Jackie Robinson Stadium incident. (Anika Chakrabarti/Daily Bruin staff)


UCLA Housing mandating additional COVID-19 testing following recent spike

UCLA Housing is requiring students to get additional testing for COVID-19 after UCLA experienced a spike in COVID-19 cases. UCLA Housing sent an email Thursday to students living on the Hill asking them to take an additional COVID-19 test after the UCLA undergraduate community experienced an increase in positive COVID-19 cases. Read more...

Photo: UCLA sent an urgent notice to Hill residents to receive additional COVID-19 testing after the undergraduate community saw a spike in cases this past week. (Daily Bruin file photo)



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