Student leaders have revised their plan to rename the Janss Steps and will instead propose a more inclusive name. Undergraduate Students Association Council leaders and students from the American Indian Student Association now plan to make a proposal to rename Janss Steps to “Kuruvungna Steps,” after previously having passed a resolution calling on UCLA to rename Janss Steps to “Tongva Steps.” Both the Kuruvungna name and the Tongva name were meant to honor Indigenous people who originally inhabited Los Angeles and the UCLA land, said AISA Vice Chair Desirae Barragan. Read more...

Photo: Student leaders are proposing a new and more inclusive name to replace the Janss Steps name. (Daily Bruin file photo)