More than 45 years after being fired from her UCLA professorship for being in the Communist Party, renowned civil rights activist Angela Davis returned to speak about institutional racism Thursday at Royce Hall, where she had given a speech on freedom almost half a century ago. Read more...
Photo: Angela Davis, a renowned activist who was fired for being in the Communist Party in 1970, spoke on Thursday about institutional racism in the prison system. (Felicia Ramirez/Daily Bruin staff)
Gov. Jerry Brown, along with several state and local officials proposed a new rainy day fund Thursday that voters will be able to decide on in November. Read more...
Starting next year, students will have to pay slightly more to take out federal loans for college. Currently, undergraduates have to pay a 3.86 percent interest rate for their federal loans. Read more...
The UCLA School of Dentistry received a $2.36 million donation to provide dental health for HIV and AIDS patients, according to a UCLA statement released Wednesday. Read more...
UCLA received two new grants totaling $4 million to study stem cell science and digestive diseases, according to a UCLA statement Thursday. The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation awarded one $2 million grant to Charalabos Pothoulakis, the director of the Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease to study the molecular mechanisms of digestive diseases. Read more...
A candidate from the FIRED UP! slate released a statement Wednesday claiming that hand symbols used by the LET’S ACT! slate promote gang culture. Gabriel Gutierrez, the FIRED UP! Read more...
Photo: Courtesy of Tyler Cherry
A few students from several student groups lay on the ground and pretended to be dead on Thursday as part of a protest against the use of drones in American warfare. Read more...
Photo: Amnesty International at UCLA held a protest Thursday against the use of drones, saying they are responsible for unlawful killings abroad. (Laura Boranian, Bruin contributor)
