Tuesday, July 1

UCLA squash reflects on earning titles, club culture, Wooden Center renovations

This post was updated April 15 at 11:06 p.m. “Electric, nervous, exciting – and you want to tear your skin off when your teammate misses a shot,” said Andrew Tkachuk, the UCLA squash team captain. Read more...

Photo: Members of the UCLA squash team pose for a photo. The team, founded in 2021, earned second place for its women’s team and tenth place for its men’s following the 2025 College Squash Association National Collegiate Club Team Squash Championships. (Courtesy of Alveena Khoday)


‘Is it selfish for me to go?’: UCLA applicants worry over immigration crackdowns

Editor’s note: This post was updated on April 27, 2025, at 8:02 p.m. to provide retroactive anonymity to a source due to safety concerns. UC applicants expressed concerns about attending college following recent immigration crackdowns by President Donald Trump’s administration. Read more...

Photo: A California public school is pictured. High school students expressed concern about applying to the UC following recent immigration crackdowns by the Trump administration. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)



Speech Team receives multiple awards at local, national tournaments

The Speech Team @UCLA secured multiple competition wins in its first year in existence. The team secured its first-ever national recognition March 22 at the 2025 National Online Forensics Championship, where Alisha Hassanali, a Daily Bruin News contributor, won first place for informative speaking. Read more...

Photo: Members of Speech Team @UCLA are pictured. The club, founded last spring, earned its first-ever national recognition at the 2025 National Online Forensics Championship on March 22. (Andrew Diaz/Daily Bruin)


Students who had visas revoked were previously arrested, USAC meeting reveals

This post was updated April 10 at 10:35 p.m. Minutes from a meeting between UCLA administrators and Undergraduate Students Association Council officers revealed that students whose visas were revoked had previously been arrested.  Nineteen students and alumni had their visas revoked as of Thursday, said USAC President Adam Tfayli.  The United States government revoked the visas of around 50 international students and alumni across the UC, according to a Tuesday statement from UC President Michael Drake. Read more...

Photo: Kerckhoff Hall, which houses offices for the Undergraduate Students Association Council, is pictured. Minutes from a meeting between UCLA administrators and USAC officers revealed that the students whose visas were revoked had previously been arrested. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UCLA alumni create AI business tool Kona through Anderson accelerator program

Whether it be to find a cooking recipe or help with schoolwork, most people use AI as a tool in their daily endeavors. But for UCLA alumni Sid Pandiya and Yen Tan, the technology instead provided an opportunity to create a remote working tool. Read more...

Photo: Some members of the Kona team are pictured. (Courtesy of Sid Pandiya)


Richard Kahlenberg talks class-based affirmative action for colleges in new book

Lawyer and author Richard Kahlenberg argued in favor of a class-based approach to college admissions in a Wednesday book talk at UCLA. The event, held at the UCLA School of Law, was hosted by UCLA’s chapters of Heterodox Academy and BridgeUSA, two nonprofit academic organizations that seek to bring more viewpoint diversity to colleges. Read more...

Photo: Lawyer and author Richard Kahlenberg and UCLA Law professor Richard Sander (left to right) speak at a book talk last Wednesday. Kahlenberg argued in favor of a class-based approach to college admissions. (Nicolas Greamo/Daily Bruin senior staff)



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