Every fall, new Bruins hug their families goodbye and face a daunting four years of navigating friend groups, difficult course loads and newfound independence. But some navigate their college journeys with an unconventional classmate – their mother. Read more...
Photo: Nyala Bingener (left) is pictured alongside Cicely Bingener (right). (Brianna Carlson/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated May 9 at 11:28 p.m. This post was updated May 9 at 10:43 p.m. Around 100 members of the United Auto Workers Local 4811 Union gathered in the Court of Sciences on Thursday to discuss an upcoming strike authorization vote in response to UCLA’s recent decisions regarding the now-dispersed Palestine solidarity encampment. The union – which represents UC academic student employees, graduate students and postdoctoral scholars – announced Monday that it will vote May 13 to 15 to authorize a strike. Read more...
Photo: Postdoctoral scholars and academic researchers represented by United Auto Workers Local 4811 march through the Court of Sciences with a banner representing their former union, UAW Local 5810. UAW Local 4811 will vote to authorize a strike in response to UCLA’s decisions surrounding the Palestine solidarity encampment. (Zoraiz Irshad/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated May 9 at 11:34 p.m. Around 60 faculty members held a press conference Thursday to call for amnesty for students arrested while demonstrating in support of Palestine and for UC divestment from companies with ties to the Israeli military. Read more...
Photo: Faculty and staff stand under a banner that reads, “UCLA faculty and staff, we stand with our students.” The banner was used at a press conference by faculty and staff supporting students in the Palestine solidarity encampment. (Zoraiz Irshad/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated May 9 at 11:45 p.m. For the Daily Bruin’s full coverage on the UC Divest Coalition and Students for Justice in Palestine at UCLA encampment, see here. Read more...
Photo: Individuals are pictured in front of Dodd Hall on Monday. Individuals, including students, marched from Moore Hall to Dodd Hall after 44 people were arrested in Parking Structure 2, according to a UCPD news release Wednesday. (Anna Dai-Liu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Editor’s note: This article describes instances of violence that may be disturbing to some readers. In addition, this article contains four anonymous sources – Students A, B, C and D – who were granted anonymity for fear of retaliation from the university regarding their participation in the Palestine solidarity encampment. Read more...
Photo: An encampment protester and counter-protester engage in a fight using objects that were lying on the ground. (Zoraiz Irshad/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Diego Sarmiento sat down at the beginning of a lecture and checked his email. “I didn’t say anything, but I couldn’t focus for the whole rest of the lecture,” said Sarmiento, a third-year political science and public affairs student. Read more...
Photo: Diego Sarmiento, the UCLA recipient of the Truman Scholarship, is pictured outside Campbell Hall. (Karla Cardenas-Felipe/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated May 7 at 11:22 p.m. Faculty members expressed mixed feelings in reaction to Thursday morning’s police sweep of the Palestine solidarity encampment at UCLA. Read more...
Photo: The Palestine solidarity encampment – which stood in Dickson Plaza from April 25 until it was dispersed by police early Thursday morning – is pictured. Faculty members expressed mixed reactions to the police sweep. (Dylan Du/Daily Bruin senior staff)
