Wednesday, March 11

UCLA against nomination of its faculty center as historical resource

The Los Angeles Conservancy is advocating for the UCLA Faculty Center to be named a historic resource, despite opposition from UCLA officials. The Office of Historic Resources of L.A. Read more...

Photo: The Los Angeles Conservancy is looking to make the UCLA Faculty Center a historic resource although the university is against the motion. (Christopher Hoo/Daily Bruin senior staff)


United Arab Society’s culture night aims to educate about conflicts

Growing up in Saudi Arabia, Jodutt Basrawi was not interested in learning about his Arab heritage. But after visiting family in Syria in 2011 – at the beginning a series of protests and revolutions in the Middle East called the Arab Spring – the second-year geology student became passionate his Arab identity. Read more...

Photo: Students from the LA Dabke Troupe performed Middle Eastern folk dance at the United Arab Society’s culture night on Friday. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)




IMHOME student volunteers offer support to the homeless

After three hours of unpolished dicing and slicing, Ori Benoni and Amelia Ribbens tasted the pasta they had painstakingly prepared for the residents of Alexandria House, a transitional homeless shelter in downtown Los Angeles. Read more...

Photo: Amelia Ribbens, a third-year comparative literature and Spanish and Portuguese student and the volunteer coordinator of IMHOME, prepares a meal for the children and women living at Alexandria House, a transitional homeless shelter. (Hee Jae Choi/Daily Bruin)





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