A state legislator proposed a law that would require public universities to cover medication abortions under student health insurance plans and provide them at student health centers. Read more...
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A Closer Look, Campus, News
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April 12, 1:23 am
Student-run organization helps immigrants get access to legal services
The day after President Donald Trump announced his executive order banning people from seven Muslim-majority countries, more than 200 law students mobilized to protest and volunteer at the Los Angeles International Airport. Read more...
Photo: A group of UCLA law students is working to help defend immigrants in the current political climate, continuing the efforts of a mobilization that took place four months ago. (Courtesy of Sasha Novis)
News, Student Government
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April 12, 1:21 am
USAC recap – April 11
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every Tuesday at 7 p.m. Read more...
News, Science & Health
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April 12, 1:21 am
New Physics 5 series proposed, to replace 6 series in fall 2017
The UCLA Physics and Astronomy Department is proposing a new physics series for life science majors that would begin fall 2017. Students currently taking the Physics 6: “Physics for Life Sciences Majors” series have until winter 2018 to complete the series before it is discontinued. Read more...
Photo: The physics department proposal will be approved by the Faculty Executive Committee on May 1. (Daniel Leibowitz/Daily Bruin)
Campus, News
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April 10, 11:15 pm
Rep. John Lewis awarded UCLA Medal at Winston C. Doby Lecture
As a young man living in Nashville, Tennessee, Rep. John Lewis sat at whites-only lunch counters in protest of segregation and was told that he would get arrested if he continued. Read more...
Photo: Chancellor Gene Block and Rep. John Lewis shook hands after Lewis was awarded the UCLA Medal. (MacKenzie Coffman/Daily Bruin)
News, Westwood
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April 10, 10:57 pm
Officials combat illegal furniture dumping in Village with workshops
Discarded mattresses and aged couches often line North Village sidewalks, waiting for garbage trucks to pick them up. Students who regularly move or are unaware of rules banning street dumping often leave out old furniture instead of properly getting rid of their bulky items. Read more...
Photo: Councilmember Paul Koretz plans to hold a workshop to educate Westwood residents about alternatives to illegal dumping of furniture and large objects on sidewalks, which is punishable by up to a $10,000 fine. (Erin Gong/Daily Bruin)
Campus, News
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April 10, 10:56 pm
Mackenzie Possee appointed as 2017-2018 editor in chief
An assistant photography editor was appointed the next editor in chief of the Daily Bruin, following confirmation by the UCLA Communications Board on Monday night. Mackenzie Possee, a second-year communications studies student, received the staff endorsement at a hearing Friday night. Read more...
Photo: Mackenzie Possee, a second-year communications studies student, was confirmed by the Communications Board at their April meeting Monday. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)