Friday, May 15

Clothesline Project provides emotional outlet for sexual violence survivors

Colorful T-shirts with personal stories about sexual violence written on them hung from lines across Dickson Court Tuesday, marking the first day of the annual Clothesline Project. Read more...

Photo: Farheen Jamil, a fourth-year global studies student and assistant director of 7000 in Solidarity, hangs up T-shirts painted by students affected by sexual violence for the Clothesline Project. The public art display started Tuesday in Dickson Court and will span until Thursday. (Tamaryn Kong/Daily Bruin)


Gov. Brown commits $3M to UC Health precision medicine project

University of California, San Francisco announced Tuesday that Gov. Jerry Brown has committed $3 million in state funds to a UC Health system project that aims to advance precision medicine. Read more...

Photo: UC Health, of which Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is a member, is participating in an initiative to advance precision medicine. (Daily Bruin File Photo)


USAC approves resolution to establish nondenominational prayer space

Undergraduate student government officers voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a resolution that calls on administration to establish an on-campus, nondenominational prayer and meditation space. The resolution proposes a permanent prayer and meditation space on campus reserved for students of different faiths or no faith who wish to observe their religious or spiritual practices. Read more...

Photo: Undergraduate Students Association Council General Representative 1 Manjot Singh sponsored a resolution calling for a space on campus for nondenominational prayer and meditation. (Eva Sidhu/Daily Bruin)


UCLA students appeal parking tickets issued in Westwood

Several UCLA students are appealing parking tickets after university police increased its distribution of citations for cars left in spaces between the street and sidewalk in Westwood. Read more...

Photo: Students who park their cars on the grassy or brick areas between the sidewalk and street are seeing an increase in tickets. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin senior staff)



UCLA students arrested at police brutality protest

California Highway Patrol arrested at least three UCLA students in Westwood Tuesday after they blocked a 405 Freeway off-ramp during a protest against police brutality. Protesters dressed in black blocked the northbound 405 off-ramp toward the eastbound Wilshire Boulevard exit for about 20 minutes after 3:40 p.m., preventing dozens of cars from getting off the freeway. Read more...

Photo: Protesters marched though Westwood Tuesday calling for an end to police brutality. (Kailey Rishovd/Daily Bruin)


Firefighters extinguish blaze in UCLA School of Dentistry

This post was updated April 14 at 3:29 p.m. More than 100 firefighters fought down a blaze in the UCLA School of Dentistry early Tuesday morning that damaged half a floor in the school, although there were no injuries. Read more...

Photo: Firefighters battled a blaze on the third floor of the UCLA School of Dentistry early Tuesday morning. (Eu Ran Kwak/Daily Bruin)