UCLA has had nearly a century of student activism, and this year is no exception. Here is an overview of demonstrations that happened this year, how their respective movements have progressed and where people think the movements are going. Read more...
Photo: AFSCME Local 3299, the UC service workers’ union, held a three-day strike in May after negotiations with the University of California stalled. (Jenna Nicole Smith/Daily Bruin)
Chloe Vaught and her mother Sylvie Vaught screamed and jumped around the house when they learned they would be attending UCLA at the same time. When Sylvie Vaught finished her undergraduate degree in 2016, her daughter, Chloe Vaught, was admitted to UCLA. Read more...
Photo: Sylvie Vaught is graduating UCLA in June with a master’s in cinema and media studies, while her daughter Chloe Vaught attends UCLA’s undergraduate program. (Courtesy of Sylvie Vaught)
Eduardo Perez clearly remembers Sept. 5, the day President Donald Trump announced his decision to terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. But Perez, a first-year political science student and DACA recipient, also remembers the email UCLA, the school he was going to attend that fall, sent out in response. Read more...
Nightlife in Westwood Village may improve due to the passage of a vote to create a new neighborhood council in Westwood. The vote, which passed May 22, subdivided the old Westwood Neighborhood Council boundary into two smaller districts. Read more...
Photo: Michael Skiles, an organizer with Westwood Forward, said he thinks the division of Westwood Village into two council districts will open the door to new businesses and an improved nightlife scene. (Joe Akira/Daily Bruin)
Justin Gelzhiser stood by the door of a lecture hall with a box cutter and fire extinguisher for several hours, preparing to defend his class from an active shooter. Read more...
UCLA’s Office of Student Conduct deals with cases of student cheating. It can provide support for students who are under an immense amount of pressure to succeed but can also cause weeks of stress for students awaiting the office’s verdict. Read more...
Photo: (Sarah Goldacker/Daily Bruin)
A new committee will gather student feedback to improve the curriculum for core life science classes. Navi Sidhu, an undergraduate representative for Associated Students UCLA, said he created the Life Science Core Student Advisory and Communication Committee on May 29, with the approval of Dean of UCLA Life Sciences Victoria Sork, to increase collaboration between Life Sciences Core Education administrators and students. Read more...
Photo: (Claire Sun/Daily Bruin)
