This post was updated May 1 at 10:52 p.m. While most students share gossip in their native languages and with their dearest friends, Leo Kitaen has a different approach. Read more...
Photo: Leo Kitaen holds up a phone on the UCLA campus. The first-year Chinese and global studies student has amassed a TikTok following for his videos where he speaks in Mandarin. (Selin Filiz/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated April 29 at 11:12 p.m. Two UC unions have called on nearly 60,000 of their members to strike this Thursday for the third time in three months. Read more...
Photo: The University Professional and Technical Employees-Communications Workers of America 9119, which represents researchers and technical workers, and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299, which represents service, patient care and skilled craft workers, strike on campus. The two unions plan to strike Thursday in response to the UC’s hiring freeze. (Brianna Carlson/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated April 29 at 11:17 p.m. “What is something that you would want your parents to know that they have trouble understanding?” As Monica Pal, a third-year linguistics and computer science student, stood on stage to answer her winning question of the Miss India Global USA pageant, the room was silent. Read more...
Photo: Monica Pal holds a sash with the words “Miss India Global USA.” The third-year linguistics and computer science student was crowned Miss India Global USA, the victor of a pageant that honors Indian young women raised in America. (Courtesy of Bryan Dahl)
This post was updated April 29 at 11:06 p.m. Andrew Loustalot’s first home at UCLA was the university apartments. Loustalot, a third-year anthropology student, lives in a four-bedroom, eight-person unit in Palo Verde, a university apartment. Read more...
Photo: Landfair Avenue, a residential street in Westwood, is pictured. Following UCLA housing changes, many students have turned to private off-campus housing options in Westwood. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Justyne Arreola was rushing to class from her Palo Verde apartment when the elevator she was in suddenly dropped – trapping her and another person inside as it fell three stories, then rose again. Read more...
Photo: University apartments are pictured. Residents of Palo Verde university apartments recently experienced elevator outages and gas and water shut-offs that have negatively affected them. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated April 27 at 10:17 p.m. UCLA researchers expressed concerns about academic funding cuts under the Trump administration. The National Institutes of Health announced it would cap indirect costs for its grants at 15%, a decline from its previous average for indirect cost rates between 27% and 28%. Read more...
Photo: A chemistry lab is pictured. Many science-based labs have been affected by the academic funding cuts. (Libby Li/Daily Bruin)
Iris Ramirez’s voice was thick with emotion as she looked at her mother, working at a sewing machine with her curly hair in a bun, on the projector screen. Read more...
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