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UCLA Academic Senate to decide on censure of, no-confidence vote in Gene Block

Leading UCLA Academic Senate faculty will consider two proposals criticizing Chancellor Gene Block’s leadership during an emergency meeting Friday as he faces scrutiny over UCLA’s handling of the Palestine solidarity encampment. Read more...

Photo: Chancellor Gene Block is pictured. Leading Academic Senate faculty will meet Friday to discuss Block’s leadership of the university. (Jeremy Chen/Photo editor)


Transfer Bruin Day postponed, moved online following on-campus demonstrations

This post was updated May 9 at 11:52 p.m.  Transfer Bruin Day has been moved online and postponed to an unspecified date later this month following ongoing demonstrations in support of the dismantled Palestine solidarity encampment. Read more...

Photo: Admitted students walk through Bruin Walk during last year’s Transfer Bruin Day. The event featured presentations on campus life, student organizations and financial aid. (Shane Yu/Daily Bruin staff)



UAW members rally in Court of Sciences to support strike authorization vote

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)


Faculty members call for divestment from Israel, amnesty for arrested students

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)


UCPD alleges plot to vandalize, occupy Moore Hall following 44 arrests Monday

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)


‘I thought I was going to die’: UCLA encampment protesters recall April 30 attack

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)



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