Saturday, May 16

2nd USAC general representative candidate disqualified for inaccurate finances

This post was updated May 14 at 8:51 p.m. The USA Elections Board disqualified a second general representative candidate from the Undergraduate Students Association Council elections Wednesday evening. Read more...

Photo: Kerckhoff Hall, which houses the offices of the Undergraduate Students Association Council and USA Elections Board, is pictured. The elections board disqualified Brinaye Grant, a candidate for general representative in the USAC elections, Wednesday evening for issues with her campaign finances. (Daily Bruin file photo)


AFSCME Local 3299 reaches contract with UC after 2 years, cancels indefinite strike

A union representing about 40,000 UC workers reached a contract with the University early Thursday morning after more than two years of negotiations, averting an open-ended strike hours before it was set to begin. Read more...

Photo: People supporting the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 – a union representing about 40,000 UC workers – picket on UCLA’s campus. The union reached a contract with the University early Thursday morning after more than two years of bargaining, averting an open-ended strike hours before it was set to begin. (Ruby Galbraith/Daily Bruin staff)


Students explore intersection of nature, health through ecological medicine class

Students in a UCLA Ecological Medicine seminar traded their classroom for the outdoors in spring quarter. Conor Murray, the instructor for Psychiatry 186, led students through the Mildred E. Read more...

Photo: Students in the UCLA Ecological Medicine seminar travel through the Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden, where they participated in a “forest-bathing” exercise. (Maanasi Kademani/Daily Bruin)


UCLA Alumni Scholars Club hosts annual haircut event for charity

This post was updated May 14 at 8:47 p.m. UCLA has not had a permanent hairdresser on campus since an Ackerman Union salon closed in 2020. Read more...

Photo: Hairdressers Wendy Victorio and Elias Montes-Antunez give haircuts to first-year neuroscience student Ava Gharib and third-year anthropology student Justin Lowell. About 70 people donated their hair to make hairpieces for women and children experiencing medical hair loss during the UCLA Alumni Scholars Club’s annual drive.(Chenrui Zhang/Daily Bruin staff)


USAC recap – April 14

The Undergraduate Students Association Council unanimously approved a letter condemning a UCLA event with a former Israeli hostage at its April 14 meeting. USAC is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Read more...


Total campaign ban for USAC presidential candidate lifted despite violations

This post was updated May 14 at 9:03 p.m. The USA Judicial Board ruled Wednesday morning that a presidential candidate for the Undergraduate Students Association Council could continue campaigning, despite a complete ban received from the USA Elections Board. Read more...

Photo: Siddharth Munjal, an Undergraduate Students Association Council presidential candidate, speaks at a debate hosted by the Daily Bruin and USA Elections Board. The USA Judicial Board ruled Wednesday morning that Munjal could continue campaigning, despite a complete ban he received on Monday from the USA Elections Board. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)