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July 6, 9:32 pm

Front Lines Tutoring helps health care workers’ children adjust to pandemic learning

A UCLA student-run volunteer program provides health care workers fighting the COVID-19 pandemic with tutoring services for their children. Front Lines Tutoring, a UCLA student-run volunteer initiative started in April, aims to give back to health care workers battling the pandemic by providing tutoring services to their children over Zoom. Read more...

Photo: Mackenzie Lowenstein, a recent graduate in psychobiology, founded Front Lines Tutoring after seeing how students in high school and below were affected by the transition to online classes – especially the children of health care workers. (Sakshi Joglekar/Daily Bruin)

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July 6, 8:12 pm

Janss brothers’ history of discrimination prompts call for changing name of steps

This post was updated July 7 at 1:40 p.m. A petition to rename Janss Steps received over 2,000 signatures as of July 6. The petition states that UCLA should rename the steps after an alumnus who changed the world for the better, rather than someone who contributed to institutional racism. Read more...

Photo: More than 2,000 people signed a petition to rename Janss Steps, which is named after Harold Janss and Edwin Janss Sr. who barred people of color from owning properties or businesses in Westwood Village. (Daily Bruin file photo)

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July 3, 12:12 pm

Students search for alternatives amid disrupted on-campus housing plans for fall

Living in a car is an option to consider for a third-year transfer English student. After Corinne Chapkis found out her housing contract to live on the Hill was canceled, she debated between living with her grandfather, who lives near campus, and turning her car into a makeshift home. Read more...

Photo: Many students with canceled housing contracts have had to rethink their housing situations for the upcoming school year. (Daily Bruin File Photo)

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June 23, 1:03 pm

UCLA student hopes to make change after losing father to coronavirus

After losing his father to the COVID-19 pandemic, Evan Sentoso is intent on advocating for workers’ rights. Sentoso’s father, Harry Sentoso, passed away at 63, two weeks after he started working at Amazon in late March – during the company’s hiring spree following high demand for essential and non-essential items. Read more...

Photo: Evan Sentoso, a rising fourth-year cognitive science student, is intent on advocating for labor rights in light of his father’s passing. But Sentoso is still grieving over his loss. (Courtesy of Evan Sentoso)

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June 10, 7:10 pm

Administrators to defund Project SPELL, citing budget shortfalls from COVID-19

This post was updated June 12 at 2:55 p.m. to reflect statements from the office of the Administrative Vice Chancellor and information from the University of California Employee Pay report.  UCLA administrators will defund a tutoring program for UCLA employees because of budget shortfalls from the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more...

Photo: UCLA will discontinue funding Project Students for Progress in Employee Language Learning as of June 30. The project paired students with UCLA workers, aiming to help improve the employee’s English speaking and writing skills. (Daily Bruin file photo)

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June 8, 1:15 pm

Asian American students report acts of racism during COVID-19 pandemic

Ryan Neis and his friends were making their way through the crowd at a concert in February when someone told him not to come any closer because they did not want to catch the “Wuhan.” “Wuhan” refers to Wuhan, China, the city where the coronavirus pandemic is thought to have originated from. Read more...

Photo: Racism against Asians has become more prominent since COVID-19 surfaced according to a report, affecting the Asian community at UCLA. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo Editor)


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