H. Viscount “Berky” Nelson, a respected UCLA mentor, director and mediator, died Oct. 5 in Los Angeles at the age of 76, following a lengthy battle with cancer. Read more...
Photo: Berky Nelson, a respected UCLA mentor, director and mediator, died Oct. 5 at the age of 76 after a length battle with cancer. He began working at UCLA in 1969 and later established a foundation he would spend 40 years working for. (Courtesy of Christopher Nelson)
Students dressed in black marched to Chancellor Gene Block’s office Thursday afternoon to protest the “Kanye Western” themed raid held Tuesday night, which was organized by the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and Alpha Phi sorority. Read more...
Photo: Students marched to Murphy Hall chanting “Our culture, not a costume,” among other chants. (Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post and headline were updated on Oct. 9 at 1:33 p.m. Several UCLA student groups are asking the university to respond after the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and Alpha Phi sorority held a “Kanye Western” themed raid Tuesday night, for which guests dressed in baggy clothes, plumped lips and padded bottoms, or as “Kardashians.” Kelsee Thomas, a third-year fine arts student and member of the Afrikan Student Union, said other ASU members said they saw partygoers with those costumes. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA chapter of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity held a “Kanye Western” themed raid Tuesday night with the Alpha Phi sorority. At the raid, some guests dressed in baggy clothes, plumped lips and padded bottoms, or as “Kardashians.” (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)
UCLA was ranked the eighth-best university in the world and the second-best public university in the United States in a global rankings report released by U.S. Read more...
Photo: UCLA was ranked the eighth-best university in the world in the Best Global Universities rankings by the U.S. News & World Report. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Organizers held out fliers and offered free food to passing students Monday, asking them to stop to learn about health issues they might face in college, but most students were unreceptive to organizers’ offers. Read more...
Photo: Members of the Student Wellness Commission handed out fliers and promotes their first Healthcoming event to educate students on health issues such as domestic violence, HIV and AIDS. (Courtesy of Lauren Phinney)
BruinCast, which provides video and audio recordings of some lectures, no longer allows students who are not enrolled in a class to access the recordings. Read more...
Disha Bhagwat was strolling through Pub Street, home to noisy bars and clubs frequented by wealthy tourists, in Siem Reap, Cambodia, last year when she was caught off guard by lonely children dancing and people with disabilities performing music on the street for money. Read more...
Photo: Disha Bhagwat, a fourth-year economics student, interviewed people in a Cambodia village to research the impact of tourism on the community. (Courtesy of Disha Bhagwat)
