Several students said they think the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television misled applicants about its admissions process this year. John Caldwell, vice chair of undergraduate studies in the film, television and digital media department, said department officials decided they would no longer accept applications from internal transfer students for the Film, Television and Digital Media, or FTVDM, major beginning next academic year. Read more...
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May 12, 3:07 am
EU ambassador addresses UCLA community regarding refugee crisis
The European Union ambassador to the United States told UCLA community members Wednesday afternoon he thinks the EU’s member countries need to work together to address the refugee crisis. Read more...
Photo: David O’Sullivan, the European Union ambassador to the US, spoke at UCLA Wednesday afternoon about the EU response to the Syrian refugee crisis. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)
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May 12, 3:04 am
Human Rights Night panelists address refugee crisis, human trafficking
Tania Rashid saw pieces of American-branded, blood-soaked clothing scattered among the rubble of fallen buildings after a Bangladeshi garment factory collapsed in 2013 and killed more than 1,000 people. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumnae Nagwa Ibrahim (left), criminal defense and immigration lawyer, and Tania Rashid, a freelance journalist, spoke as panelists at Human Rights Night. (Zinnia Moreno/Daily Bruin)
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May 12, 3:01 am
Passage of #UCLAwellness Initiative Referendum expands funding for CAPS
UCLA Counseling and Psychological Services, or CAPS, plans to use funding from a student fee passed Friday to provide more counseling sessions and recruit more diverse clinicians. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Counseling and Psychological Services plans to use funding from the #UCLAwellness Initiative Referendum, which passed Friday, to improve counseling services. (Mackenzie Possee/Daily Bruin)
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May 11, 7:08 pm
Student photo protests transgender identity, raises free speech debate
Members of the UCLA community launched into a debate about free speech after a UCLA student posted a photograph in which students denounced the validity of identifying as transgender. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Julia Nista)
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May 11, 3:59 pm
USAC recap – May 10
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government that represents the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every week Tuesday at 7 p.m. Read more...
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May 11, 12:54 am
Former US attorney general alleges UCLA stifled free speech on campus
This post was updated July 28, 2020 at 4 p.m. A former U.S. attorney general alleged UCLA officials stifled free speech by canceling a political education festival in 2014, according to an email he sent to a UCLA lawyer Tuesday morning. Read more...