A UCLA voting rights organization helped oppose attempts to curb voter participation in Texas and Pennsylvania, according to a university press release. The UCLA Voting Rights Project, a project within the UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Initiative, assisted in two recent cases – Texas League of United Latin American Citizens v. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Voting Rights Project helped oppose attempts to curb voter participation in Texas and Pennsylvania. (Ashley Kenney/Assistant Photo editor)
The Daily Bruin was named the top daily four-year college newspaper by the College Media Association for the first time Friday. The Daily Bruin won first place for CMA’s Pinnacle Awards in the four-year daily newspaper of the year category and first place in the best audio slideshow category for the 2019-2020 year. Read more...
Photo: The Daily Bruin won first place in the four-year daily newspaper of the year category for the first time in the 2019-2020 Pinnacle Awards. The Bruin also won awards for best audio slideshow, best breaking news coverage and best sports investigative story, among other honors.(Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)
Two new Southeast Asian American student groups hope to create spaces for their respective communities in spite of UCLA’s virtual setting this fall. The Association of Indonesian Americans, founded in January, hopes to empower and educate Indonesian American students at UCLA. Read more...
Photo: (Emily Dembinski/Illustrations director)
Editor’s Note: In accordance with AP style, The Bruin refers to the Filipino community as “Filipinos” and uses “Pilipino” in reference to organizations or terms which have that spelling in their names. Read more...
Photo: (Firyal Bawab/Daily Bruin)
Some UCLA graduate schools are now operating with increased COVID-19 safety precautions for in-person instruction. In-person classes are limited to essential workforce training programs that cannot be deferred to an online format, said UCLA spokesperson Ricardo Vazquez in an emailed statement. Read more...
Photo: UCLA graduate schools will conduct in-person classes and labs with extra COVID-19-related health protocols. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Community college gave Alicia Inés López the opportunity to step outside of her role as a single mother of two. But when López transferred to UCLA, which is mostly remote this fall, she lost access to a space where she was not just a parent. Read more...
Photo: Alicia Inés López, a mother of two and a third-year student, said it has been tough integrating her parenting life and student life. Amid virtual instruction, several parent students have experienced difficulty combining their parenting and student lives in one space: their homes. (Ashley Kenney/Assistant Photo editor)
The Daily Bruin received its seventh Pacemaker Award for being one of the best national college newspapers along with two online awards for the 2019-2020 year from the Associated Collegiate Press on Thursday. Read more...
Photo: The Daily Bruin won Pacemaker Awards on Thursday for best four-year college newspaper, best website and best magazine website. The Bruin also won five awards in individual categories. (Liz Ketcham/Daily Bruin senior staff)
