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March 11, 4:02 pm

Pro-Palestine groups protest detainment of Columbia demonstrator Mahmoud Khalil

This post was updated March 12 at 10:28 p.m. Around 200 students and community members protested Tuesday afternoon against the detainment of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist and graduate of Columbia University. Read more...

Photo: Protesters march down Bruin Walk in support of Mahmoud Khalil. Around 200 students and community members protested Tuesday against the detainment of the Columbia University graduate, who led pro-Palestine protests at Columbia last spring, by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (Zimo Li/Photo editor)

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February 21, 12:38 pm

Pro-Israel demonstrators rally in Bruin Plaza in mourning of Israeli hostages

Around 50 pro-Israel demonstrators gathered in Bruin Plaza on Wednesday to raise awareness about Israeli hostages. The event – hosted by the organization Let’s Do Something, which provides equipment and funds for the Israeli military and Israelis affected by war – followed an announcement that three Israeli hostages taken by Palestinian political party and militant group Hamas on Oct. Read more...

Photo: Members of fundraising organization “Let’s Do Something” speak in Bruin Plaza to honor Israeli hostages. The organization hosted a rally Wednesday following Tuesday’s pro-Palestine protest on campus. (Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor)

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February 19, 10:21 pm

Trump plans to dismantle United States Agency for International Development

The Trump administration announced the dismantling of one of the world’s largest international development aid agencies. After President Donald Trump signed an executive order hours after his inauguration that froze nearly all foreign aid, Elon Musk, who leads the Department of Government Efficiency, announced the administration’s intention of shutting down the United States Agency for International Development. Read more...

Photo: The White House is pictured. The Trump administration announced it would dismantle the United States Agency for International Development. (Courtesy of Matt H. Wade/Wikimedia Commons)

Campus, International, News

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February 18, 8:38 pm

Multiple pro-Palestine groups protest suspension of SJP, Graduate SJP on campus

This post was updated Feb. 19 at 10:34 p.m. One person was detained after multiple pro-Palestine groups protested at UCLA on Tuesday.   Around 150 people gathered in Dickson Plaza around 2 p.m. Read more...

Photo: Pro-Palestine protesters march past the Mathematical Sciences building. Around 150 people gathered Tuesday to call on the UC to divest from companies associated with the Israeli military and for UCLA to reinstate its chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine and Graduate Students for Justice in Palestine. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)

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February 6, 7:42 pm

Saudi student named as UCLA’s 1st international, 13th-ever Rhodes Scholar

When the Rhodes Scholarship selection committee congratulated a “Mohammed” as the first of two winners from Saudi Arabia, Mohammed Alharthi’s first reaction was, “Who is that Mohammed? Read more...

Photo: Pictured is Mohammed Alharthi, who was named UCLA’s 13th-ever and first international student Rhodes Scholar. (Courtesy of Misk Foundation)

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January 30, 10:55 pm

‘It brings everyone together’: Matsuri celebrates Japanese culture with music, art

This post was updated Jan. 31 at 12:15 a.m. Crisscrossed with red-and-white lanterns, Kerckhoff Patio bustled with students taking in the atmosphere of the Matsuri festival Jan. Read more...

Photo: Performers sing and dance onstage at the Jan. 23 Matsuri festival held on Kerckhoff Patio. The event was held in collaboration by the Japanese Student Association and the Undergraduate Students Association Council Campus Events Commission, and it featured music, a fashion show and vendors. (Max Zhang/Daily Bruin)


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