Thursday, July 10

Elizabeth Kemper to retire as Student Legal Services director after 40-year career

Elizabeth Kemper, a legal rights advocate for UCLA students, is retiring after 40 years. Kemper, director of UCLA Student Legal Services, will retire at the end of the 2023-2024 academic school year, leaving behind a legacy of decades-long advocacy and efficiently meeting the legal challenges students face. Read more...

Photo: Elizabeth Kemper, pictured outside Royce Hall, is retiring from her role as director of Student Legal Services after 40 years in the office. (Courtesy of Elizabeth Kemper)


UCPD makes 1st arrest related to attacks on pro-Palestine encampment at UCLA

This post was updated May 29 at 5:43 p.m. Editor’s note: This article was updated to reflect a change in the court date for the arrested individual. Read more...

Photo: A pro-Palestine protester and counter-protester are pictured at the first Palestine solidarity encampment at UCLA. On Thursday, UCPD made its first arrest related to the counter-protester attack on the encampment April 30. (Jeremy Chen/Photo editor)


Protesters occupy then vacate Dodd Hall following 2nd encampment dispersal at UCLA

This post was updated May 24 at 2:13 a.m. Pro-Palestine protesters staged a sit-in inside Dodd Hall following a police-led sweep of a second Palestine solidarity encampment and a graduate student union rally earlier in the day. Read more...

Photo: Protesters stand outside Dodd Hall with a sign reading, “UCLA Faculty and Staff, we stand with our students.” An occupation and protest at Dodd Hall began this afternoon after a police-led sweep of a second Palestine solidarity encampment. (Aidan Sun/Daily Bruin)


Gene Block faces scrutiny over protest response in Congress antisemitism hearing

This post was updated May 25 at 6:29 p.m. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Neither an unapologetic condemnation of campus antisemitism nor an acknowledgment that he should’ve cleared UCLA’s encampment sooner appeared to save Chancellor Gene Block from strong – and, at times, aggressive – questioning from federal lawmakers Thursday. Read more...

Photo: Gene Block testifies before the House Education and the Workforce Committee about antisemitism and his administration’s handling of recent protests. (Shaanth Kodialam/Daily Bruin senior staff)



Ahead of congressional testimony, Gene Block faces scrutiny from UCLA community

WASHINGTON — Chancellor Gene Block’s upcoming congressional testimony has stirred debate about his administration’s recent handling of protests on campus and his response to lawmakers’ efforts to investigate the university. Read more...

Photo: The United States Capitol Building is pictured. Chancellor Gene Block will testify before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce in Washington, D.C. on Thursday about his administration’s handling of protests on campus and his response to lawmakers’ efforts to investigate the university. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UC Divest Coalition at UCLA leads on-campus protest ahead of Gene Block testimony

Around 200 protesters led by UCLA students and faculty marched on campus Wednesday afternoon condemning the UC’s unwillingness to divest from Israel and congressional scrutiny of pro-Palestine organizers’ activities. Read more...

Photo: Protesters march up Bruin Walk bearing a banner that reads, “UC invests $32,000,000,000 in genocide.” The Wednesday protest included speeches from student organizers and various union members. (Jeremy Chen/Photo editor)



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