Afrikan Student Union members said they are disappointed the UCLA administration only addressed about half their demands to solve issues of racial inequality on campus. Chancellor Gene Block announced Friday UCLA administrators will hire an officer to increase outreach and recruitment of black students, and develop more robust anti-discrimination policies. Read more...

Photo: Afrikan Student Union members said they are disappointed that UCLA administration only addressed about half their demands to solve issues of racial inequality. (Daniel Alcazar/Bruin senior staff)

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)