Bruins for Israel members issued a press release Thursday criticizing speech and actions they considered anti-Semitic at a past undergraduate student government meeting and in a recent statement asking next year’s councilmembers to refrain from taking free or sponsored trips with certain pro-Israel or non-student centered organizations.The release calls for the Undergraduate Students Association Council to denounce all forms of anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism that members think was evident at a USAC meeting, where councilmembers voted on a controversial divestment resolution. Read more...
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May 15, 1:33 am
Bruins for Israel criticizes actions it considers anti-Semitic
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May 15, 1:31 am
UCLA Anderson School of Management applicants increase
Applicants to the UCLA Anderson School of Management’s full-time MBA program increased by about a third this year, something officials attribute in part to a shorter application process. Read more...
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May 15, 1:29 am
Panel of UCLA professors to discuss climate change, solutions
A student group that aims to educate students about climate change will hold a panel Thursday for UCLA professors to discuss climate change through a multidisciplinary approach. Read more...
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May 15, 1:24 am
Activist Angela Davis addresses Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Renowned activist Angela Davis drew connections between Israel-Palestine conflict, South African apartheid and the prison system in the United States at a campus event Wednesday. Students for Justice in Palestine, a student group that aims to promote the self-determination of the Palestinian people and education about the Israel-Palestine conflict, hosted the discussion. Read more...
Photo: Asli Ü. Bâli, a law professor, participated in a conversation organized by the Students for Justice in Palestine that called for support for Palestinians. (Sonja Bartlett/Daily Bruin)
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May 15, 1:21 am
UCLA Racing | Baja SAE team gears up for Kansas competition
Circled around a neon spray-painted race car, several students begin to take the pieces apart, ripping parts off the frame and fiddling with the engine. The Miami Vice-inspired race car sports a faded pink, purple and blue paint job, along with a hula dancing doll on its dashboard. Read more...
Photo: Kevin Liu and Chris Jordan, third-year mechanical engeineering students and members of the UCLA Racing Baja Team, rebuild the car that their club will be racing at a competition next week. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin)
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May 15, 1:08 am
Westwood Neighborhood Council Elections 2014: Candidate Platforms
The Westwood Neighborhood Council is an advisory board made up of Westwood business owners, homeowners, UCLA students and renters, among other stakeholders. Community members elect the council for two-year terms. Read more...
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May 15, 12:44 am
Students help faculty develop diversity requirement proposal
More than a dozen students are helping faculty members develop a proposal for a new academic diversity requirement by the end of this month.The committee formed last month after the chair of the College of Letters and Science Faculty Executive Committee, Christina Palmer, asked several UCLA professors to work on a new diversity requirement proposal and present it to the College Faculty Executive Committee before the end of the quarter.Along with the faculty committee, a student advisory group was also created to work with faculty throughout the process. Read more...