Thursday, June 19

Proposition HHH puts housing projects for homeless on November ballot

Los Angeles residents will be able to vote in November on a measure that would build 10,000 housing units over 10 years for homeless individuals. Proposition HHH would lend $1.2 billion to developers from general obligation bonds paid by property taxes. Read more...

Photo: Proposition HHH, a November ballot measure, would build 10,000 units for homeless individuals in Los Angeles over the next 10 years. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Student regent speaks of her experience as part of National Coming Out Week

The University of California student regent spoke about her experience as a Queer Chicana student at a panel on National Coming Out Day. The event, hosted by the Queer Alliance at UCLA on Tuesday, featured Student Regent Marcela Ramirez. Read more...

Photo: University of California Student Regent Marcela Ramirez shared her experiences advocating for LGBT and gender inclusivity in higher education at a National Coming Out Day talk. (Pinkie Su/Daily Bruin)


UCLA Dining transitions to sustainable packaging and suppliers

Some students have been noticing changes in their Bruin Café chocolate milk and sandwich packaging in the last few months. UCLA Dining officials have been trying to transition to using solely paper sandwich wrappers to be more environmentally friendly. Read more...

Photo: UCLA Dining switched milk vendors to a higher quality local vendor and changed packaging of sandwiches from plastic boxes to recyclable paper wrapper to be more environmentally friendly. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Photo: Students brainstorm for solutions for medical needs at Inventathon

Inventathon participants convened in the California NanoSystems Institute this weekend to propose solutions for medical needs. Teams of students attended the two-day hackathon hosted by the UCLA Business of Science Center to pitch and create concepts and products to solve unmet clinical needs. Read more...

Photo: Inventathon participants pitched their ideas to judges this weekend at the two-day hackathon held at the California NanoSystems Institute. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)


MEDLIFE at UCLA helps the homeless cope with stress with yoga, meditation

Monica Ho knelt to the floor, arms outstretched, nearly touching her nose to the ground in a position called the child’s pose. Her students – a group of homeless individuals – breathed deeply in the sky blue room as she instructed them to stretch and relax the muscles in their backs. Read more...

Photo: Members of UCLA MEDLIFE lead a yoga, mindfulness and meditation class every other Wednesday at Turning Point, a transitional housing facility for the homeless in Santa Monica. (Allison Ong/Daily Bruin)


New retention program seeks to support undocumented students

Cristian De Nova hid his status as an undocumented student from his friends when he was a freshman. He said he was intimidated by the strength of other UCLA students, who were active in their communities and stood for causes they believed in. Read more...

Photo: U-SPARC, or Undocumented Students for Advanced Retention and Community, will provide mentorship services to undocumented UCLA students in winter. (Efren Pinon/Daily Bruin)




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