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February 22, 3:09 pm

UCLA parent pleads guilty to charges in college admissions scandal

A woman pleaded guilty in a federal court Friday for paying to get her son admitted to UCLA as an athletic recruit.  Xiaoning Sui, a 49-year-old Chinese national and Canadian resident, pleaded guilty to planning to pay $400,000 to William Singer, the organizer of the 2019 college admissions scandal, to have her son admitted to UCLA as a soccer recruit, even though he did not have any competitive experience.  Read more...

Photo: Xiaoning Sui pleaded guilty in federal court Friday for paying William Singer, the organizer of the 2019 college admissions scandal, to have her son admitted to UCLA as an athletic recruit. (Daily Bruin file photo)

A Closer Look, Campus, News

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February 21, 12:55 am

UCLA students work with nonprofits to make positive impacts using technology

A student technology organization is helping nonprofits improve the lives of the Los Angeles homeless population and community college students. Nova is a student club with just a dozen members that develops apps for nonprofits in order to have a positive social impact. Read more...

Photo: Nova at UCLA, a student technology organization, makes mobile applications for nonprofits. Students in the club said they wanted to find a way to use their expertise to help the community. (Tanmay Shankar/Assistant Photo editor)

Campus, National, News

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February 21, 12:41 am

Bruin Republicans, Bruin Democrats face off at quarterly UCLA CrossFire debate

Representatives from the Bruin Republicans and Bruin Democrats debated topical political issues at the quarterly UCLA CrossFire debate hosted by the Bruin Political Union. Moderators of the event, which drew more than 100 students to De Neve Plaza, asked representatives about gun control, wealth inequality and US-Iran relations, drawing from the policies of Donald Trump’s presidency and those proposed by Democratic presidential candidates. Read more...

Photo: Sanjay Verma, a first-year computational and applied mathematics student from the Bruin Democrats (left), and Michelle Ohanian, policy director for Bruin Republicans and a fourth-year history student (right), participated in a nonpartisan debate hosted by the Bruin Political Union Thursday. (Tanmay Shankar/Assistant Photo editor)

Campus, News, UC

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February 20, 1:05 am

UCLA grad students rally in support of UCSC TAs striking for affordable wages

UCLA graduate students rallied Wednesday in solidarity with graduate student strikers at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The Ucla4Cola organization rallied in the Court of Sciences, with dozens of students and faculty members gathering in solidarity with student strikers at UCSC. Read more...

Photo: Hannah Appel, an assistant professor of anthropology at UCLA, tells protesting graduate students that almost 100 faculty members signed a letter of nonretaliation for withholding grades. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)

Campus, News

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February 19, 8:03 pm

UCLA decides not to implement facial recognition technology after student backlash

UCLA has backed down on including facial recognition software in its campus surveillance system after backlash from students.  An interim policy draft on security cameras at UCLA included language on using facial recognition software in order to identify individuals with campus exclusion orders. Read more...

Photo: UCLA has decided against employing facial recognition software in campus security systems. Michael Beck, UCLA’s administrative vice chancellor, said in an emailed statement that community concerns outweigh the technology’s potential benefits. (Daanish Bhatti/Daily Bruin)

A Closer Look, Campus, News

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February 19, 12:57 am

Event offers students space to heal, focus on well-being after relationships

Letters went down in “flames” in De Neve Plaza on Tuesday to compensate for sparks that didn’t fly on Valentine’s Day. As a part of the Campus Assault Resources and Education’s “Broken.,” a Feb. Read more...

Photo: Campus Assault Resources and Education held an event in De Neve Plaza to help students who have recently ended their relationships recover after Valentine’s Day. (Dhruv Singhania/Daily Bruin)


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