After a year of sneaking food, dishes and utensils out of UCLA’s residential restaurants, Ashlyn stopped to wonder why they did it in the first place. Read more...
Photo: (Helen Sanders/Daily Bruin staff)
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April 10, 11:01 pm
Speech Team receives multiple awards at local, national tournaments
The Speech Team @UCLA secured multiple competition wins in its first year in existence. The team secured its first-ever national recognition March 22 at the 2025 National Online Forensics Championship, where Alisha Hassanali, a Daily Bruin News contributor, won first place for informative speaking. Read more...
Photo: Members of Speech Team @UCLA are pictured. The club, founded last spring, earned its first-ever national recognition at the 2025 National Online Forensics Championship on March 22. (Andrew Diaz/Daily Bruin)
A Closer Look, International, News, Student Government
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April 9, 7:25 pm
Students who had visas revoked were previously arrested, USAC meeting reveals
This post was updated April 10 at 10:35 p.m. Minutes from a meeting between UCLA administrators and Undergraduate Students Association Council officers revealed that students whose visas were revoked had previously been arrested. Nineteen students and alumni had their visas revoked as of Thursday, said USAC President Adam Tfayli. The United States government revoked the visas of around 50 international students and alumni across the UC, according to a Tuesday statement from UC President Michael Drake. Read more...
Photo: Kerckhoff Hall, which houses offices for the Undergraduate Students Association Council, is pictured. Minutes from a meeting between UCLA administrators and USAC officers revealed that the students whose visas were revoked had previously been arrested. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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April 9, 12:01 am
UCLA alumni create AI business tool Kona through Anderson accelerator program
Whether it be to find a cooking recipe or help with schoolwork, most people use AI as a tool in their daily endeavors. But for UCLA alumni Sid Pandiya and Yen Tan, the technology instead provided an opportunity to create a remote working tool. Read more...
Photo: Some members of the Kona team are pictured. (Courtesy of Sid Pandiya)
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April 8, 11:58 pm
Richard Kahlenberg talks class-based affirmative action for colleges in new book
Lawyer and author Richard Kahlenberg argued in favor of a class-based approach to college admissions in a Wednesday book talk at UCLA. The event, held at the UCLA School of Law, was hosted by UCLA’s chapters of Heterodox Academy and BridgeUSA, two nonprofit academic organizations that seek to bring more viewpoint diversity to colleges. Read more...
Photo: Lawyer and author Richard Kahlenberg and UCLA Law professor Richard Sander (left to right) speak at a book talk last Wednesday. Kahlenberg argued in favor of a class-based approach to college admissions. (Nicolas Greamo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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April 7, 8:42 pm
Panelists highlight gender, class gaps in LA water conservation efforts
This post was updated April 8 11:36 p.m. Panelists from the anthropology department called for a reframing of Los Angeles’ approach to water conservation in a talk hosted by the UCLA Graduate Student Water Resources Group in March. Read more...
Photo: Professor Jessica Cattelino and doctoral candidate Kelsey Kim are pictured. In their presentation, the panelists discussed how current water conservation campaigns fail to address the roles gender, immigration and class play in shaping household water use. (Selin Filiz/Daily Bruin)
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April 6, 11:16 pm
Experts assess Gov. Newsom’s recent $920 million allotment to fight homelessness
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced new measures to combat homelessness Feb. 24. Newsom said in a press release that the state will allocate $920 million in funding to local municipalities so they can clear out encampments and combat homelessness. Read more...
Photo: Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at a United Nations conference. Newsom announced new measures to combat homelessness Feb. 24. (Courtesy of Office of the California Governor/Wikimedia Commons)