The Undergraduate Students Association Council passed a resolution Oct. 18 calling on multiple Los Angeles city council members to resign. Council president Nury Martinez and councilmembers Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo made racist and homophobic remarks about other council members, LA District Attorney George Gascón and the child of a council member in a leaked recording, according to the LA Times. Read more...
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The University of California sustainability committee released a new landscape plan in September to promote sustainability, inclusivity and climate resilience. The plan is UCLA’s first since the original design of the campus, said Peter Hendrickson, associate vice chancellor of design and construction at UCLA, in an emailed statement. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Botanical Garden is pictured. The University of California sustainability committee recently released a new plan for climate action. (Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)
UCLA hosted a cross-campus forum for faculty and administration to discuss progress toward earning a federal Hispanic-serving institution designation Thursday. The three-hour-long Hispanic-Serving Institution Visioning Forum was held in the Ackerman Union Grand Ballroom. Read more...
Photo: Ackerman Student Union is pictured. UCLA hosted a forum for community members to discuss the goal of becoming a Hispanic-serving institution. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The Undergraduate Students Association Council unanimously passed a resolution Oct. 4 in support of the Iranian community at UCLA. The resolution calls on the university to recognize and support the community in the wake of worldwide protests for women’s rights in Iran. Read more...
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UCLA student activists and leaders are working to improve care for survivors of sexual violence by improving access to rape test kits. This fall, IGNITE at UCLA, a student organization dedicated to reproductive justice advocacy, started a petition calling on UCLA to offer free rape test kit services at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. Read more...
Photo: A medical report form is pictured. UCLA community members are working to increase access to rape test kits and improve care for survivors of sexual violence. (Dylan Du/Daily Bruin senior staff)
A jury found former UCLA gynecologist James Heaps guilty of sexual misconduct Thursday. The trial began Aug. 9 after a grand jury indicted Heaps, a former faculty member at the David Geffen School of Medicine, on 21 counts of felony sexual assault in May 2021. Heaps was found guilty on three counts of sexual battery and two counts of sexual penetration, according to NBC. Read more...
Photo: Former UCLA gynecologist James Heaps (pictured) was found guilty of sexual misconduct Thursday. (David Rimer/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Editor’s note: The article contains details of sexual assault that may be disturbing to some readers. Two UCLA students are suing the University of California Board of Regents in response to alleged sexual assault and hazing they experienced as Bruin Woods camp counselors. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Title IX Office is located in Murphy Hall (pictured). Two UCLA students filed a lawsuit with claims of sexual assault and hazing as camp counselors at an alumni summer getaway. (Daily Bruin file photo)
