UCLA will not light a bonfire at Thursday’s Beat ‘SC Bonfire rally. The Student Alumni Association, which hosts the event every year, said they cancelled the bonfire because of ongoing fires across California. Read more...
Photo: The annual Beat ‘SC bonfire will not be lit this year due to concerns about ongoing fires across the state. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The Bruins Around The World event Wednesday featured a fashion show and several dance performances that represented the cultures and histories of the international community at UCLA. Read more...
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Students offered both support and condemnation of a recent administrative action against a Palestinian-rights group for using UCLA trademarks in their conference logo. UCLA administrators sent National Students for Justice in Palestine a cease-and-desist letter Oct. Read more...
Photo: Undergraduate Students Associated Council passed a resolution condemning a perceived administrative overstep in UCLA’s cease-and-desist to National Students for Justice in Palestine regarding their conference logo. (Isra Ameen/Daily Bruin)
The garage door of an elderly couple’s home would not open, leaving them trapped in their home in Malibu during the Woolsey fire. No one had heard from the couple, and eventually university police received a call asking for their whereabouts. Read more...
Photo: UCPD Detective John Berkeland (left) and Lt. Scott Scheffler (right) volunteered to help with the Woolsey fire, which has affected 98,362 acres across Ventura and Los Angeles counties as of Wednesday. (Jenna Nicole Smith/Daily Bruin)
UCLA researchers found the life spans of descendants of Civil War prisoners of war are shorter than those of people not descended from POWs, suggesting trauma might affect the long-term health of future generations. Read more...
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From a young age, Sonia Wraich said she has been bullied because of her religion. Wraich, a third-year biology student, is a Sikh and community service director of the Sikh Student Association at UCLA. Read more...
Photo: The Sikh Student Association at UCLA hosted a Turban Tying and Kirtan event in Meyerhoff Park on Wednesday as part of Sikh Awareness Month. (Tanmay Shankar/Daily Bruin)
The “10 Questions” lecture series, which will address a different question each week, doubles as a course for students and a panel open to the public. Read more...
Photo: Valorie Kondos Field, the UCLA women’s gymnastics coach, said at the event that, for her, the word failure does not exist. Kondos Field discussed the struggle of getting this idea across to her athletes while coaching a sport that depends on perfection. (Photo courtesy of Hannah Burnett/UCLA : Arts)
