Haley Nieves was putting up posters for a Bruin Republicans event last spring when two female students confronted her, tearing down the posters and shouting in her face. Read more...
Photo: Haley Nieves (right), the outreach director for Bruin Republicans and a third-year political science and international development studies student, said she feels left out on campus. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)
Jaya Loharuka stood in front of hundreds of protesters at the “Love Trumps Hate” rally in November and encouraged members of the crowd to stand in solidarity with each other. Read more...
Photo: Jaya Loharuka, a second-year American literature and culture student, is an activist who addressed a crowd of more than 500 students at the “Love Trumps Hate” rally in November. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Daily Bruin)
The Hammer Museum hosted a forum to discuss the results of the presidential election Tuesday night. Two political scientists and a public policy scholar examined the effectiveness of political ad campaigns, roles of black voters and the link between racial and economic anxiety at the event titled “Election Postmortem.” Lynn Vavreck, UCLA professor of political science and communication studies, pointed out three numbers she thought highlighted the closeness of the election: 77,000, the total votes needed in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania to swing the election in favor of Hillary Clinton; 2,800,000, the total votes by which Donald Trump lost the popular vote; 58, President Barack Obama’s approval rating. Read more...
Photo: Lynn Vavreck, Theodore Johnson, Ian Masters and Michael Tesler discussed the results of the 2016 presidential election in “Election Postmortem” Tuesday night. (Hannah Johnson/Daily Bruin)
The Williams Institute at UCLA is reorienting the scope of its research to investigate LGBTQ discrimination post-marriage equality. On Thursday, former UCLA law professor Russell Robinson presented an article at the UCLA School of Law, in which he discussed perception of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer rights following marriage equality. Read more...
Photo: Russell Robinson, a former UCLA law professor, spoke about marriage equality for same-sex couples Thursday at the UCLA School of Law. About 35 students attended. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Daily Bruin)
The president serves as the public face of the country in foreign affairs. He leads negotiations on treaties and trade deals, deciding when to deploy the military and taking sides in international conflicts. Read more...
This post was updated on Jan. 24 at 4:50 p.m. Alexandra Latshaw and Elizabeth Mills spend much of their time in physics laboratories, meticulously planning experiments and scribbling down equations that look like they belong on a “The Big Bang Theory” whiteboard. Read more...
Photo: About 250 students attended the Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics last weekend at the UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center. (Yixuan Gong/Daily Bruin)
Nadine El Fawal was apprehensive about moving to a new country at age 14, but her mother said that in America, her dreams would come true. Read more...
Photo: Nadine El Fawal, a first-year microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics student, immigrated to Virginia from Egypt four years ago and said she experiences discrimination because of her identity. (Dayoung Lee/Daily Bruin)
