Thursday, August 13

In the news:

UCLA law students hold candlelight vigil in honor of Michael Brown

On Tuesday night, UCLA law students carried pictures of unarmed black men and women who were fatally shot in recent years to the footsteps of their classrooms. Read more...

Photo: Students from UCLA School of Law and other members of the community observed a candlelight vigil for Michael Brown Tuesday night. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)


USAC recap – Sept. 9

The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government of UCLA’s undergraduate students. During summer, council meetings take place Tuesdays at 8 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417 and are open to all students. Read more...


UCLA ranks 23rd nationally, edges out USC in 2015 college rankings

UCLA was ranked the 23rd-best university in the country again in the widely regarded 2015 U.S. News and World Report college rankings released Monday. The university was ranked two slots above USC, its crosstown rival. Read more...

Photo: UCLA was ranked the 23rd-best university in the country in the widely regarded 2015 U.S. News & World Report college rankings released Monday. (Daily Bruin file photo)



Q&A: Incoming UCSA president discusses plans for upcoming year

With the new academic year arriving, the Daily Bruin sat down with Jefferson Kuoch-Seng, the incoming president of the University of California Student Association, to hear more about the association’s plan for the year. Read more...

Photo: Jefferson Kuoch-Seng, a fourth-year management student from UC Merced, is the University of California Student Association president for the 2014-2015 year. (Courtesy of Jefferson Kuoch-Seng)


Alumnus Derek Bolin preserves UCLA tapes, brings back historical voices

The still-frame photos of the speakers from the 1960s and 1970s remain fixed on the screen, but in the background, their grainy yet commanding voices demand equality, demean politicians and prompt audiences of UCLA students to laugh and cry. Read more...

Photo: Derek Bolin, a UCLA alumnus, has worked over the past year to preserve hundreds of recordings of speeches given at UCLA in the 1960s and 1970s. (Felicia Ramirez/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA grad students’ website ApplyMap helps with college admissions

A new website launched by UCLA graduate students aims to help high schoolers navigate the college application process by sifting through university options and presenting students with the best matches for them. Read more...

Photo: UCLA political science and statistics graduate student Dan Lim and political science graduate student Steve Palley recently launched a website to make the college admissions process easier for high schoolers. (Courtesy of Steve Palley)