Inspired by and in cooperation with the ‘Carry That Weight’ project of Columbia student Emma Sulkowitz, UCLA students join to show support for survivors of sexual assault. After contributing their experiences or those of survivors close to them, by writing them onto a mattress, the mattresses are carried all over campus. The art and activism project aims to symbolize the weight of sexual assault and emphasize the importance of communal support for survivors.
Bruin Democrats presents a rally in support for Proposition 47 which enforces the spending of state budgets toward education rather than incarceration. Congresswoman Karen Bass speaks on behalf of the Bruin Democrats to raise awareness on UCLA campus. More »
“I hope people are more aware of what we hear and maybe that’s not the truth after all,” says Camella Da Eun Kim, a graduate student in Design | Media Arts. More »
On Sunday Oct. 26, UCLA athletics teamed up with the Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation to put on the seventh annual “Dribble for the Cure” fundraising event. More »
On Friday, Oct. 24, the Election Board announced the results for the 2014 USAC special election in front of Kerckhoff Hall. Watch the reactions of the candidates after the winners were announced. More »
Media from all over the nation traveled to San Francisco on Thursday to participate in the annual Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Media Day. One coach and one player from each of the twelve teams in the conference were present to answer questions and talk about the upcoming season. More »
“People are generally uninformed or apathetic about it,” claims fourth-year political science student Amir Aghajani about the USAC special election. Daily Bruin takes it to the streets of Bruin Walk to see what our student body really thinks about the new transfer representative position, whether or not students are willing to fund a diversity referendum and to test the general campus climate regarding special elections. More »