About 150 individuals attended a protest against a speech by a conservative commentator at Bruin Plaza on Monday. Several student groups, including Socialist Students UCLA and the Young Democratic Socialists at UCLA, organized the protest in response to a lecture by Ben Shapiro at Ackerman Union. Read more...
Photo: Protesters and individuals wearing “Make American Great Again” hats engaged in political debates sparked Ben Shapiro’s speech on campus. (Amy Dixon/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated on Nov. 13 at 9:49 p.m. A conservative commentator said he thinks left-leaning university campuses display authoritarian traits at an event hosted by a conservative student group Monday. Read more...
Photo: Ben Shapiro, a conservative commentator, explained the nine elements of fascism and said left-leaning university campuses display those behaviors. (Kristie Valerie-Hoang/Assistant Photo editor)
On Oct. 31, a new makerspace opened outside Rieber Hall. The space will provide students with the opportunity to build, craft and customize creations with state-of-the-art machinery. Read more...
Anthony Nikodym waved a pen in front of a webcam Sunday morning as he worked with two other students to create an interactive pictionary game. Nikodym, a first-year computer science and engineering student, spent 12 hours working with his team during Hack on the Hill, a hackathon for beginners hosted by the UCLA Association for Computing Machinery. Read more...
Photo: Students learned coding and programming techniques at the Hack on the Hill event on Sunday, which was aimed at students with little or no experience with hackathons. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin staff)
Alex Khalil began his neuroscience lecture by striking a xylophone key with a mallet. Khalil, a professor of neurocomputational ethnomusicology at UC San Diego, and other experts from across the U.S., spoke to an audience of doctors and psychologists at the UCLA Conference on Art, Neuroscience and Psychiatry this weekend. Read more...
Photo: Experts from across the United States spoke at the UCLA Conference on Art, Neuroscience and Psychiatry over the weekend. The conference focused on the integration of art and neuroscience to create new therapies for neurological disorders such as autism. (Amy Dixon/Assistant Sports editor)
After serving in the Navy for almost five years, Tatiana Medina said she did not receive proper treatment at Veterans Affairs medical centers in the United States after her service. Read more...
Photo: Ted Lieu, who represents UCLA and Westwood in Congress, hosted the town hall Friday night to highlight veterans’ experiences. (Michael Zshornack/Photo editor)
Students from different backgrounds came together to celebrate the launching of a new Hispanic and Latinx graduate student group Thursday night. The Graduate Students Association, Hispanic/Latinx Graduate Students Association and the Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars hosted a launching party called the “UCLA After Hours” at the W Los Angeles hotel in Westwood. Read more...
Photo: The Graduate Students Association and the Dashew Center for International Students a Scholars hosted “UCLA After Hours” to celebrate the official launching of the Hispanic/Latinx Graduate Students Association. (Michael Zshornack/Photo editor)
