This post was updated Oct. 18 at 9:56 a.m. Second Gentleman of the United States Douglas Emhoff gave remarks at a Century City campaign reception Oct. Read more...
Photo: Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff is pictured. Emhoff spoke in support of his wife, Kamala Harris, at a campaign event in Los Angeles on Oct. 8. (Courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons)
This post was updated Oct. 17 at 11:42 p.m. The Basic Needs Redistribution Center, which provides free school supplies and other items to students, was slated for eviction from the basement of the Student Activities Center in August. Read more...
Photo: The Basic Needs Redistribution Center houses school supplies and clothing in the basement of the Student Activities Center. The center was going to move into the Graduate Student Association’s study space after being evicted, but the GSA pulled out of the deal Thursday. (Michael Gallagher/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Oct. 22 at 3:45 p.m. The UCLA Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion will soon no longer exist. Interim Chancellor Darnell Hunt announced in a Thursday afternoon email that the university will create a new Office of Inclusive Excellence. Read more...
Photo: Murphy Hall, which hosts the office of Interim Chancellor Darnell Hunt, is pictured. Hunt announced the creation of a new Office of Inclusive Excellence on Thursday. The new office will replace some of the functions of the current Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion – which will soon be dissolved. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Oct. 18 at 12:04 p.m. A flood started at the west end of Portola Plaza near Kerckhoff Hall on Thursday morning after a water line broke. Read more...
Photo: Water flows down the west end of Portola Plaza near Kerckhoff Hall Thursday morning. The flood started after water began flowing out of an opening in Portola Plaza. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Oct 17 at 11:45 p.m. The University Professional and Technical Employees-Communications Workers of America 9119 will conduct a strike authorization vote Oct. Read more...
Photo: A member of the University Professional and Technical Employees-Communications Workers of America 9119 holds a picket sign. The union will hold a strike authorization vote Oct. 21 after alleging unfair labor practices against the UC. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Oct. 17 at 1:12 p.m. When UCLA Ceramics Club president Jade Wong opened the club’s ASUCLA storage locker Sept. 30, she found it empty. Read more...
Photo: Students in the Ceramics Club make pottery by hand. The club lost student-funded and handmade artwork in a suspected theft in September. (Courtesy of Jade Wong)
Two Democratic Californian legislators reintroduced a bill designed to target the basic needs crisis among students in higher education Sept. 18. The Basic Assistance for Students in College Act – which Democrats first introduced in June 2021 – would create a $1 billion grant program for higher education institutions to provide funds for research and address food, housing, health care, child care, technology and transportation needs, according to a press release from Senator Alex Padilla, one of the people who introduced the bill. Read more...
Photo: Students walk across the UCLA campus. Two Democratic legislators recently reintroduced a bill that would help provide basic necessities to students pursuing higher education. (Daily Bruin file photo)
