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May 14, 6:43 pm

Cultural Affairs Commission cancels events through end of academic year

The Cultural Affairs Commission announced it was canceling its events for the rest of the academic year. The Undergraduate Students Association Council office, led by Cultural Affairs Commissioner Alicia Verdugo, released a statement on Instagram Monday morning, citing the violence in Palestine, Congo, Haiti and Sudan, as well as “white supremacist attacks and police brutality” participants of the UCLA Palestine solidarity encampment faced, as the reasons for canceling the events. Read more...

Photo: Attendees watch and dance to singer and saxophonist Braxton Cook’s set at the 2022 JazzReggae Festival. The Cultural Affairs Commission canceled its events, including the JazzReggae festival, for the rest of the academic year. (Daily Bruin file photo)

Campus, News, Student Government

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May 14, 5:02 pm

Elections board temporarily suspends general representative candidate’s campaign

The USA Elections Board temporarily suspended general representative candidate Vikas Sundar’s campaign Tuesday morning. Sundar, a second-year statistics and data science student, is running to be one of three general representatives who will be elected via a multimember, ranked-choice voting system. Read more...

Photo: Kerckhoff Hall, where the Undergraduate Students Association Council offices are hosted, is shown. The USA Elections Board sanctioned a candidate for general representative due to campaign rule violations Tuesday. (Paco Bacalski/Daily Bruin senior staff)

Campus, News, Student Government

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May 13, 9:56 pm

USAC general representative candidate allegedly suggested destruction of encampment

In a recording sent to a UCLA political science students’ GroupMe, a person claiming to be a candidate for the Undergraduate Students Association Council suggested bulldozing the Palestine solidarity encampment and shooting its participants. Read more...

Photo: Kerckhoff Hall, where the Undergraduate Students Association Council offices are hosted, is pictured.(Daily Bruin file photo)

Campus, News, Science & Health

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May 12, 11:25 pm

STEPS for Youth tool aims to explain science of adolescence to policymakers

The UCLA Center for the Developing Adolescent is bridging neuroscience and policy with a new online tool. The STEPS for Youth tool – which stands for Science to Enhance Policy Success for Youth – seeks to explain the science of adolescence in an accessible manner for policymakers and practitioners, said Andrew Fuligni, the center’s co-executive director. Read more...

Photo: The Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior is pictured. The Center for the Developing Adolescent, which is part of the institute, is launching a new online tool to help inform policymakers about adolescent-related science. (Zimo Li/Daily Bruin)

A Closer Look, Campus, News

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May 12, 6:43 pm

UCLA teaching assistants remain optimistic despite increasing difficulties

Amid the hustle and bustle of UCLA’s campus, teaching assistant James Johnson wakes up at 5:30 a.m. in preparation for the day ahead of him. Like many other TAs, Johnson, a graduate student in the philosophy department, spends his mornings navigating the course materials for his sections, thinking about how to supplement the week’s lectures. Read more...

Photo: Pictured is Royce Hall in Dickson Plaza. Teaching assistants at UCLA teach more than 33,000 undergraduate students, including in buildings around the plaza. (Daily Bruin file photo)

Campus, News

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May 10, 8:06 pm

UCLA Academic Senate continues debate on Gene Block’s censure, no-confidence votes

The UCLA Academic Senate will continue consideration of a vote to censure or a vote of no confidence in Chancellor Gene Block into its next meeting May 16 amid a lack of consensus from voting faculty.  The former, current and incoming chairs of the UCLA Academic Senate – Jessica Cattelino, Andrea Kasko and Kathy Bawn, respectively – released a statement Tuesday announcing the emergency two-hour teleconference senate legislative assembly meeting. Read more...

Photo: Chancellor Gene Block is pictured. The UCLA Academic Senate adjourned its Friday emergency meeting with no official action in support of or against the vote of no confidence in Block, who is the first UC chancellor to potentially face retribution from their campus Academic Senate for their administration’s handling of recent pro-Palestine protests. (Jeremy Chen/Photo editor)


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