Jack Payne’s teachers often give him extra time to complete his tests because he has attention deficit disorder, also known as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. “Every time I tell peers about the advantages I receive for having ADD, such as extra time (on assignments) or (being allowed to use) a computer during an exam … they tell me it’s unfair,” said Payne, a first-year international development studies student. Read more...
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About 40 UCLA students and community members gathered in front of Kerckhoff Hall Thursday afternoon to protest recent actions by President Donald Trump. The United Arab Society, Muslim Student Association and Young Progressives Demanding Action at UCLA organized the “No Ban, No Wall // Rally and March” in response to Trump’s executive order barring Syrian refugees indefinitely and citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. Read more...
Photo: UCLA students gathered in front of Kerckhoff Hall on Thursday afternoon to speak out against President Donald Trump’s executive orders on immigration and the border wall. (Laura Uzes/Daily Bruin)
Hundreds of Chinese UCLA students make their tuition payments through a website each quarter instead of directly to the school. Easy Transfer, the first tuition payment service in China, converts tuition payments from Chinese yuan to United States dollars and transfers them directly to the school’s accounting department, said Yuxing Liu, the company’s vice president of business development and a UCLA alumnus. Read more...
Photo: Easy Transfer, the first tuition payment service in China, converts tuition payments from Chinese yuan to U.S. dollars and transfers them directly to the school’s accounting department. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)
Members of Bruins Against Sexual Harassment organized an open-mic and singing action in front of Young Research Library on Wednesday morning to protest Gabriel Piterberg, a history professor accused of sexually harassing two graduate students. Read more...
Photo: Members of Bruins Against Sexual Harassment participated in an open-mic session protesting against history professor Gabriel Piterberg. (Habeba Mostafa/Daily Bruin)
Erik Schweitzer drove his two pet alpacas, Sage and Rosemary, to a cathedral to get them blessed and to celebrate the day of the patron saint of animals, St. Read more...
Photo: Erik Schweitzer, a faculty advisor at the UCLA Molecular Biology Institute, brought his alpacas to campus last quarter to help his students de-stress before taking their pathophysiology final. (Justine Sto. Tomas/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Feb. 1 at 4 p.m. Students are happy with the new life sciences course series that debuted in fall, although they offered suggestions for improvement. Read more...
Bruin Plate’s salad bar may soon use produce that’s grown in a soilless garden. UCLA officials hope to add a garden to Sproul Landing’s deck to teach students about soil-free technology. Read more...
Photo: UCLA officials plan to replace the plant beds on the Sproul Landing deck with a tower garden to grow fresh greens for Bruin Plate’s salad bar. (Laura Uzes/Daily Bruin)
