Aura Cruz Heredia could not get in contact with her family in Puerto Rico for about a week after a hurricane struck the island last month. Read more...
Photo: Aura Cruz Heredia’s brother José Cruz Heredia stands before a fallen tree. Because of the hurricane, Heredia could not get in contact with her family in Puerto Rico for about a week. (Courtesy of Luis José Cruz)
Political experts and students considered whether California will play a larger role in the presidential election following the state’s decision to move up the presidential primary date in 2020. Read more...
Legal experts urge undocumented students to visit campus resources as the deadline to renew their Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status approaches. Last month, President Donald Trump ended DACA, a program that deferred deportation for undocumented individuals brought to the United States as children. Read more...
Photo: The Bruin Resource Center, located in the Student Activities center, provides legal resources for undocumented students. (Daily Bruin File Photo)
Immigration advocates on campus welcomed a new state bill that protects undocumented individuals from deportation by limiting cooperation between local law enforcement agencies and federal immigration agencies. Read more...
Photo: Earlier this month, California’s state Senate passed the “sanctuary state” bill, which limits state and local law enforcement from sharing undocumented individuals’ information with federal immigration authorities. (Daily Bruin file photo)
James McCloughan was the shortest in his troop when he served in the Vietnam War, but he never let that make him feel inferior to anyone else. Read more...
Photo: James McCloughan, a Medal of Honor recipient, talked about his experiences in the Vietnam War at a event at UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center on Tuesday. (Michael Zshornack/Photo editor)
Joanna Sanchez-Nunez could not have known an earthquake would strike three days before she and her parents planned to visit their family in Mexico City. Sanchez-Nunez, a fourth-year civil and environmental engineering student, said she and her parents initially hesitated to visit the city after the earthquake but decided to continue with their trip and check in on their family members. Read more...
Photo: Joanna Sanchez-Nunez, a fourth-year civil and environmental engineering student who visited Mexico City after the earthquake, said signs of the earthquake remained days after it happened. (Courtesy of Joanna Sanchez-Nunez)
The Education Department issued new interim guidelines Friday that roll back federal rules governing campus sexual harassment investigations. The department is withdrawing guidelines issued by former President Barack Obama’s administration, which required colleges to aggressively investigate sexual harassment complaints, said Candice Jackson, the department’s acting assistant secretary for civil rights, in a letter. Read more...
Photo: University of California systemwide Title IX coordinator Kathleen Salvaty has previously said the UC will not be changing its sexual harassment investigation procedures. (Daily Bruin file photo)
