Students chanted “fire Piterberg” as they marched into the history department office in Bunche Hall on Wednesday afternoon, calling for UCLA officials to fire a professor who allegedly sexually harassed two graduate students. Read more...
Photo: More than 40 students marched through campus Wednesday asking UCLA officials to fire history professor Gabriel Piterberg, who is involved in a Title IX lawsuit. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
Students can vote whether to pay a $3 quarterly fee that supports the Daily Bruin and other campus media organizations in the spring undergraduate student government election. Read more...
Photo: The undergraduate student government voted 11-1-0 Tuesday night to add a referendum to the ballot that aims to finance the Daily Bruin and Bruinwalk.com. (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Bruin Café now packs its sandwiches in eco-friendly paper wrapping as part of a cost-saving plan implemented mid-February. The new packaging is made of recyclable parchment paper wrapping, said Jeff Berman, general manager for Bruin Café and a senior food services manager for UCLA Housing and Hospitality Services. Read more...
Photo: Bruin Café now packs its sandwiches in eco-friendly paper wrapping as part of a cost-saving plan implemented mid-February. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)
A team of civil engineering students will have seven minutes to place metal rods into an intricate, wooden structure. When they finish, the building must withstand an earthquake simulated by a shake table. Read more...
Photo: A team of civil engineering students will compete in an earthquake engineering competition in April in San Francisco. (Julie Hanash/Daily Bruin)
A University of California committee agreed to facilitate a study on the University’s investments in banks that fund private prisons and discussed other student concerns in a meeting Friday. Read more...
Photo: The University of California Committee on Investments discussed student concerns in a meeting Friday. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Chancellor Gene Block meets with the Daily Bruin editorial board every quarter to discuss issues affecting the campus and to explain administrative policies. At the meeting Monday, Block, who was joined by Vice Chancellor Steve Olsen, spoke about the Centennial Campaign, the effect of increasing undergraduate enrollment, the Geffen Academy and the federal lawsuit against history professor Gabriel Piterberg, among other topics. Read more...
Photo: The Daily Bruin spoke with Chancellor Gene Block and Vice Chancellor Steve Olsen about campus issues, including the effect of increasing undergraduate enrollment, the Geffen Academy and the federal lawsuit against history professor Gabriel Piterberg. (Jillian Frankel/Daily Bruin senior staff)
An undergraduate student government office will set up a menstrual product donation box outside Kerckhoff Hall 313 Wednesday, and create free kits for students available in Kerckhoff offices next quarter. Read more...
Photo: Aaliya Khan, an undergraduate student government general representative, started the Menstrual Product Campaign, which will provide free pads and tampons in Kerckhoff offices. (Daily Bruin file photo)
