Family members rely on identity-specific graduation celebrations to honor their graduating Bruins’ accomplishments. Identity-based graduation ceremonies – including the Latinx Celebration and the Samahang Pilipino Student Celebration – seek to honor seniors who share a particular identity, said Lindsey Sambilay, the Pilipinx Graduation Celebration admin coordinator. Read more...
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Less than a week after his last meeting as Undergraduate Students Association Council president, Adam Tfayli reflected on his year in office. Tfayli, a third-year human biology and society student from Lebanon, was the 2023-2024 USAC international student representative and served as the council’s president for the 2024-2025 academic year. Read more...
Photo: Adam Tfayli, 2024-2025 Undergraduate Students Association Council president, stands in front of Kerckhoff Hall with his new puppy. Tfayli reflected on his year in office and time at UCLA with Daily Bruin campus politics editor Natalia Mochernak. (Selin Filiz/Assistant Photo editor)
Editors note: This article contains a mention of domestic abuse that some readers may find distubring. Alexis Bembry’s client was ready to give up before walking into the Stanley Mosk Courthouse. Read more...
Photo: JusticeCorps members are sworn at a courthouse. JusticeCorps Los Angeles, which students access through the UCLA Center for Community Engagement, has been impacted by budget cuts of around $400 million to AmeriCorps. (Courtesy of the Los Angeles Superior Court)
Matilda Weaver planned to move off-campus after her freshman year. The UCLA dining experience changed her mind. Weaver, a first-year biology student, is among the thousands of undergraduate students wrapping up their first year of eating UCLA dining options – from food trucks like BittieBitez Mini-Donuts to the more traditional Bruin Plate breakfasts. Read more...
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This post was updated Jun 10 at 2:00 p.m. James Milliken is no stranger to leading a university. Milliken, who has worked in higher education since 1988, previously led the University of Nebraska, the City University of New York and the University of Texas systems. Read more...
Photo: Incoming UC President James Milliken is pictured. Milliken previously led the University of Texas system, the City University of New York and the University of Nebraska. (Courtesy of Moody College of Communication/Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License)
Nicholas Reese was trying to conduct research for a student meal swipe donation initiative when he discovered multiple UCLA financial deficits that have gone unpublicized. Reese, a third-year political science student, said he learned through his research and an administrator that UCLA’s dining budget was inflated and the administration was going to rely on unused student swipes to fund that deficit. Read more...
Photo: Murphy Hall, which hosts the office of Vice Chancellor and Chief Financial Officer Stephen Agostini, is pictured. A UCLA student conducting research for a student meal swipe donation initiative uncovered a $1.27 billion deficit in UCLA operations. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated June 9 at 4:48 p.m. Mariah Strawder, a first-generation student, said she felt the weight of setting a good example for her younger brothers after her mother died. Read more...
Photo: The front doors to the Academic Advancement Program office is pictured. AAP will undergo program pauses and staffing reductions July 1 because of budget cuts to UCLA’s Division of Undergraduate Education. (Ruby Galbraith/Daily Bruin)
