UCLA students and Westwood residents faced long lines and administrative issues in their attempt to make their voices heard on Election Day. The wait to vote at Rieber Hall got as long as three hours Tuesday afternoon, while the line at 8 a.m. Read more...
Photo: The wait to vote got as long as three hours Tuesday. (Stella Huang/Daily Bruin)
The slightest movement of an eye or dilation of the pupil can reveal the thought processes of a person’s brain – even an infant’s. Researchers across UCLA are using eye-tracking technology to track eye positions and eye movement. Read more...
Photo: (Harishwer Balasubramani/Daily Bruin)
Voters around UCLA voted strongly in favor of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, according to exit polling by the Daily Bruin. The Bruin interviewed people leaving six different polling places on campus and in Westwood Village throughout the day. Read more...
A Los Angeles city committee met last week to discuss replacing Columbus Day with a holiday that would celebrate Native Americans. The Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission presented a report in favor of establishing Indigenous Peoples Day to the Arts, Parks and River Committee. Read more...
Photo: Herb Wesson, president of the Los Angeles City Council, did not place a report advocating for the establishment of Indigenous Peoples Day on the meeting agenda for a vote. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)
Increasing prices on health insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act will not affect student health insurance fees. Premiums for a group of insurance plans on the federal health care marketplace will increase by an average of 25 percent next year. Read more...
Photo: Rising fees nationally for Affordable Care Act health insurance plans will not affect premiums for UC Student Health Insurance Plans. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)
When faculty and administrators started the disability studies minor, they thought students with disabilities would be the most interested. But 10 years later, the minor has grown in size, and students from all backgrounds apply. Read more...
Photo: Claudine Ignacio, a third-year psychobiology student, runs an Instagram page that tells the stories of disabled individuals, inspired by a disability studies class. (Courtesy of Claudine Ignacio)
UCLA researchers conducted a study in October that suggested the majority of Trump supporters come from economically disadvantaged areas or areas that are unaffected by immigration and trade policies. Read more...
