Helen “Lena” S. Astin, a UCLA professor emerita and feminist scholar, died on Oct. 27 in Los Angeles. She was 83 years old. Astin was a feminist activist at UCLA and co-founder of the UCLA Center for the Study of Women. Read more...
Photo: Helen Astin, a UCLA professor emerita and co-founder of the UCLA Center for the Study of Women, died on Oct. 27 in Los Angeles. (Courtesy of Alexander Astin)
A state court ruled Nov. 4 UCLA is required to respond to Title IX complaints even if harassment stops after the report is filed, in response to a pending Title IX case two UCLA students filed in June. Read more...
Philippe Videau held a single flexible strip of connected triangular pieces in his hands. Seconds ago, the product was an entire bike helmet with an organic frame made of mycelium, a structure found in mushrooms. Read more...
Photo: Philippe Videau, a fifth-year aerospace engineering student, helped create a flexible helmet that can mold to customized head shapes from a structure found in mushrooms. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Students found posters on Bruin Walk and in the North Village Thursday morning accusing the organization Students for Justice in Palestine of involvement in terrorist and anti-Semitic acts. Read more...
Photo: Students found posters on Bruin Walk and in the North Village Thursday morning accusing the organization Students for Justice in Palestine of involvement in terrorist and anti-Semitic acts. (Aram Ghoogasian/Daily Bruin)
Hundreds of students, faculty members, staff and alumni rallied in front of Powell Library Thursday afternoon, supporting students at the University of Missouri who are protesting racially charged incidents on their campus. Read more...
Photo: Hundreds of students, faculty members, staff and alumni rallied in front of Powell Library Thursday afternoon, supporting students at the University of Missouri who are protesting racially-charged incidents on their campus. (Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The Westwood Neighborhood Council meets monthly to discuss issues pertaining to Westwood Village and the surrounding areas. Comments by public officials Sheila Kouhkan, deputy director of the Westwood Village Improvement Association, also known as the BID, discussed the BID’s plan to turn part of Broxton Avenue into a public plaza. Read more...
The leaders and supporters of several passionate undocumented student activist organizations have every reason to dedicate themselves to the cause, and shared some of them with us. Read more...
Photo: Laura Emiko Soltis gives a presentation about Freedom University at the Charles E Young Research Library in October. Freedom University, an undocumented student advocacy school in Atlanta, visited UCLA to discuss their efforts and the future of the undocumented student movement in the country. (Photo by Angie Wang)
