Luis Mendez spent his childhood summers among the trees of Camp River Glen. Now, as a counselor and leader at UniCamp, he watches his mentees make cardboard boats and race them across the water, as he did 10 years ago at the same camp. Read more...
Photo: Luis Mendez, who spent his childhood at UniCamp during the summer, is now a counselor and leader of UniCamp. (Bailey Greene/Daily Bruin)
Sleeping and going out with his family were not easy for Ron Ramirez, a 38-year-old veteran whose military service trained him to act on instinct. In 2006, a roadside bomb in Iraq left Ramirez with a traumatic brain injury, night terrors and a quick temper. Read more...
Photo: Veteran Ron Ramirez discusses the trigeminal nerve stimulation neuromodulation device with Andrew Leuchter, director of the Neuromodulation Division at UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior and a psychiatry professor. (CalFoto)
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff Hall 417 and are open to all students. Read more...
University of California faculty and supervisors will be required to take an online course intended to inform them about new sexual harassment and assault policies. By the end of January, the UC will launch two new e-courses that will quiz faculty members on the systemwide changes in sexual assault investigation policies, said UC spokesperson Rebecca Trounson. Read more...
A bill brought to the California legislature Tuesday will limit the number of out-of-state students that can be enrolled at the University of California. If approved, Assembly Bill 1711 would cap the out-of-state and international student enrollment for undergraduates at 15.5 percent across the nine UC campuses. Read more...
Photo: Undergraduate student government External Vice President Zach Helder said he will lobby against the bill proposed Tuesday that aims to cap out-of-state student enrollment. (Owen Emerson/Bruin senior staff)
Three panelists who aim to help solve the Syrian refugee crisis debated the situation and analyzed its causes and action plans Tuesday night at the Hammer Museum in Westwood. Read more...
Photo: Dr. Orfan Chalabi, president of the California chapter of the Syrian American Medical Society spoke at the panel held Tuesday night. (Rocio Flores Huaringa/Daily Bruin)
Email correspondence between a city council member’s staffers and Westwood residents shows inconsistencies in his stance on the proposed Westwood Boulevard bike lane. L.A. City Councilman Paul Koretz, who represents Westwood Village and surrounding areas, consistently told community leaders he did not support bike lanes on Westwood Boulevard. Read more...
Photo: L.A. City Councilman Paul Koretz has taken a stance against a bike lane on Westwood Boulevard. (Daily Bruin file photo)
