This post was updated Dec. 4 at 2:07 p.m. Jeanneth Chavez – a third-year sociology student and single mother – said she chose to transfer to UCLA after community college because she believed it would allow her to graduate debt-free. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Financial Aid & Scholarships Office, located in Murphy Hall, is pictured. UCLA switched to a new financial aid software – Bruin Financial Aid – this summer. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)
This post was updated Dec. 7 at 6:18 p.m. It was lightly raining when Ebony Moore – a customer relations agent at UCLA’s Trouble Call Desk – arrived at her office in the UCLA Facilities Management building. Read more...
Photo: Sherston Sanz, who has worked as a trouble call dispatcher for nearly 32 years, answers the phone. The employees in the UCLA Facilities Management Trouble Call Desk coordinate with other campus units to solve facilities issues such as plumbing, engineering and electrical malfunctions. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Dec. 16 at 8:32 p.m. UCLA’s chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha is celebrating 100 years of community and belonging. Alpha Kappa Alpha – a Black Greek-letter sorority – was founded at Howard University in 1908. Read more...
Photo: Dolores Bodden, a fourth-year physiological science student, and Alexis Hinkle, a fourth-year sociology student and a former Daily Bruin staffer, wear Alpha Kappa Alpha merch. AKA – the first Greek-letter organization founded by Black female college students – is celebrating its centennial anniversary. (Joice Ngo/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Dec. 1 at 10 a.m. As fireworks burst over the Rose Bowl after UCLA’s win over Iowa last year, Peter Dachtler and his family stood arm in arm on the field, singing the UCLA alma mater. Read more...
Photo: The Rose Bowl, which UCLA has played at since 1982, is pictured. Students had mixed reactions to UCLA’s possible move from the Rose Bowl to SoFi stadium. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Nov. 30 at 9:40 p.m. The UCLA Student Alumni Association replaced its annual nighttime Beat ‘SC Rally with a midday kickoff event Monday due to a modified football schedule. Read more...
Photo: Joe Bruin holds up a Beat ‘SC sign. The UCLA Student Alumni Association replaced its annual nighttime Beat ‘SC Rally with a midday kickoff event Monday. (Joice Ngo/Daily Bruin)
Kimberly Saavedra, a graduate student in social welfare, said her family felt the impact of pauses to CalFresh, California’s version of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Read more...
Photo: A sign for the Community Program Office’s annual Turkey Box Giveaway program is placed outside the Student Activities Center. The CPO – a student service dedicated to providing basic needs – distributed more than 1,500 boxes packed with turkeys, pies and other traditional Thanksgiving dinner ingredients Nov. 18 and 19. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
About 30 students honored Indigenous history at a teach-in about the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act on Nov. 12. The event, which was hosted at the Student Activities Center, aimed to educate the campus community about the NAGPRA – a federal law passed in 1990, which outlines requirements for federally-funded agencies and museums to return Native American human remains and funerary objects to their respective peoples. Read more...
Photo: A computer open to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act section of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Creative Activities website is pictured. The American Indian Student Association educated students on NAGPRA at a teach-in Nov. 12. (Joice Ngo/Daily Bruin)
