Tuesday, May 5

Long lines for midterm voting in Ackerman Union frustrate students

This post was updated Nov. 7 at 11:11 a.m. Students said they nearly gave up on voting in Tuesday’s election due to long lines. Students waited as long as two hours to vote in the U.S. Read more...

Photo: Several students said a single polling place caused a long line that made voting more difficult than it should have been. (Liz Ketcham/Assistant Photo editor)


Hugs in a Blanket weaves comfort for disadvantaged children and veterans

Camille Ng volunteered at orphanages as a teenager, where she witnessed drastic conditions that left children shivering and neglected. The issue of neglected foster children resonated with Ng, a second-year biology student, because she was an orphan herself. Read more...

Photo: Camille Ng, left, found Hugs in a Blanket in 2016 to help underprivileged communities. Melissa Palacios, right, is one of the initial signatories who helped Ng found the club. (Jocelyn Dao/Daily Bruin)



Mobile alternative to metered parking expands into Westwood

Drivers in Westwood now can pay for metered street parking on their smartphones through the ParkMobile app. ParkMobile announced its expansion into Westwood in late October. Read more...

Photo: ParkMobile allows drivers to make parking reservations, pay for parking and extend parking times at all metered parking spaces in Westwood on their phones. (Amy Dixon/Photo editor)


BruinsVOTE! campaigns to register as many students as possible for midterms

A voter registration campaign made up of student activists, student government members and a dog named Zeus has registered roughly 3,000 students to vote for the midterm election. Read more...

Photo: Arden Levy, a co-director of BruinsVOTE!, said alumni brought their dog, Zeus, to a volunteer training. Zeus was given a BruinsVOTE! T-shirt and helped students register voters for the day. (Courtesy of Louise Weiss-Reitz)



Swing districts in California could tip scale in favor of Democrats in U.S. House

California’s numerous swing districts could play a significant role in determining partisan control of the U.S. House of Representatives during the elections Tuesday. The state has several House seats that are currently held by Republicans but could go to either party, said Mark Peterson, a UCLA professor of public policy, political science and law. Read more...

Photo: The United States Capitol is the home of the U.S. Congress. Partisan control of the House of Representatives could depend on the outcome of various swing races in California, which currently has 14 seats held by Republicans and 39 seats held by Democrats. (Creative Commons photo by Neutrality via Wikimedia Commons)