Saturday, May 2

Screenwriting alumni halt donations to TFT following statements made by director

Seventy-one alumni of UCLA’s screenwriting master’s degree program at the School of Theater, Film and Television announced Wednesday they would be suspending donations to the program over controversy surrounding its new director, Phyllis Nagy. Read more...

Photo: Seventy-one alumni from the UCLA screenwriting program in the School of Theater, Film and Television signed a letter protesting statements and tweets by program director Phyllis Nagy they said denigrated the program. They announced they would be halting donations to the program and asking nonalumni donors to do the same. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Salcedo accepted $100K to admit prospective student allegedly from British Columbia

Five months later, Rick Singer’s shadow still looms large over Westwood. Court documents unsealed March 12 stated Singer – the driving force behind the Varsity Blues athletics admission scandal – paid then-UCLA men’s soccer coach Jorge Salcedo $100,000 to get a prospective student admitted to UCLA. Read more...

Photo: Former UCLA men’s soccer coach Jorge Salcedo was the recipient of a $100,000 bribe from Rick Singer, in exchange for a prospective student from British Columbia to be admitted as a soccer recruit. Salcedo pled not guilty to racketeering charges March 25. (Liz Ketcham/Photo editor)



UCLA alum backs up claims of 48 USC patients accusing doctor of sexual misconduct

A UCLA alumnus alleges a former UCLA doctor of sexual misconduct in the 1990s, according to a Beacon Project investigation published Saturday. Quentin Lee, a former graduate student at UCLA, claimed Dennis Kelly performed inappropriate and invasive rectal exams on him during two visits to what was then known as UCLA Student Health Services, where Kelly worked. Read more...

Photo: An alumnus accused a former UCLA doctor of sexual misconduct during two visits in the 1990s. Kelly worked at what was then known as UCLA Student Health Services, the predecessor to the Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center. (Daily Bruin file photo)


USAC revises election codes with aim of increasing student engagement

Student government elections officials approved revised election codes and modifications to the election calendar in hopes to increase engagement and accessibility. Undergraduate Students Association Council Election Board Chair Kyana Shajari presented revised election codes and the fall special election calendar to the council Wednesday for approval. Read more...

Photo: Undergraduate student government officials voted Wednesday to approve the newly revised election codes and the fall special election calendar. Changes to the codes include a decrease in spending limit to increase accessibility. (Daily Bruin file photo)