UCLA Housing officials plan to seal about five manhole covers near Sproul Cove this week in response to several student complaints about a sewage smell hovering in the area. Read more...
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March 13, 5:14 pm
UCLA Chicana/o studies students host event on police brutality
Students held an open workshop on police brutality Thursday in Dickson Court. About 100 students attended Dialogue: Law Enforcement Power, organized by 47 students of the honors class Chicana/o Studies 166: “Paulo Freire for Chicana/Chicano Classroom.” The event featured a workshop and discussions led by guest speakers, including a former public defender and students. Read more...
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March 12, 1:16 am
Honors collegium class students present proposal to ban microbeads
A picture of brightly colored chemical tubes filled with microbeads reminded Jiwei Zhang that he rubbed those small plastic beads in his face for two years during junior high school. Read more...
Photo: Students in Honors 41 hold products in the UCLA Store that include microbeads. (Manvel Kapukchyan/Daily Bruin)
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March 12, 1:13 am
Regents chair, Napolitano condemn anti-Semitism across UC campuses
University of California President Janet Napolitano and UC Board of Regents Chairman Bruce Varner condemned on Wednesday the recent controversial comments about a Jewish student’s appointment by UCLA’s student government and swastikas painted on a Jewish fraternity at UC Davis. Read more...
Photo: (Daily Bruin file photo)
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March 12, 12:45 am
Gender studies assistant professor dedicates career to social justice
Michelle Erai was sick in bed, wearing her green flannel nightgown and sporting her “Polynesian ‘fro,” when her girlfriend asked her to marry her. Marriage had not been a part of the UCLA assistant gender studies professor’s plan. Read more...
Photo: Assistant gender studies professor, Michelle Erai, said she identified with this photo because it reminds her of the different possibilities she can always pursue. The photo, titled “Salt River, Pima,” was part of a project to encourage creativity in young Native Americans. (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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March 11, 3:18 pm
USAC recap – March 10
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every week on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Read more...
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March 11, 2:46 pm
USAC unanimously passes resolution calling for bike lanes around UCLA
The undergraduate student government unanimously passed a resolution calling for the Los Angeles City Council to install a bike lane along Westwood Boulevard near UCLA. The Undergraduate Students Association Council worked with Westwood neighborhood groups and the Graduate Students Association to develop the resolution. Read more...