Thursday, June 26


Breaking down USAC’s role as the governing body of UCLA’s undergraduates

The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the governing body of the Undergraduate Students Association, whose membership consists of all undergraduate students at UCLA. Emily Hong Van Luong, the USAC internal vice president, said the council serves students by advocating to the administration on their behalf and undertaking projects that help the student body. Read more...

Photo: The Undergraduate Students Association Council, the elected undergraduate student government, serves students through its advocacy to the administration and the projects it undertakes, said Emily Hong Van Luong, the council’s internal vice president. (Daily Bruin file photo)


New Title IX policies prompt calls on UCLA to protect survivors of sexual violence

This post was updated Sept. 11 at 11:34 p.m. to reflect clarified information in the graphic.  Student advocates are calling on UCLA to protect those who have experienced sexual violence in light of May Title IX regulations from the federal government. Read more...

Photo: New Department of Education regulations on Title IX offices strengthen the rights of the accused at the expense of the complainants, student advocates said.


UC Access Now advocates for students with disabilities across UC campuses

This post was updated Aug. 9 at 9:51 a.m. In 2019, Megan Lynch hurt her hand parking her bike because the bike rack was not accessible, further affecting her pre-existing disability that causes pain in her hands and arms. Read more...

Photo: UC Access Now, which launched on the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, pushes for the University of California to be more accessible for disabled students. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)


USAC unanimously passes resolution in support of renaming Janss Steps to Tongva Steps

More than 20 student organizations have endorsed a student government resolution calling on UCLA to rename a campus landmark after a Native American tribe that originally inhabited Los Angeles. Read more...

Photo: An Undergraduate Students Association Council resolution calling on UCLA to rename Janss Steps to Tongva Steps to honor the Indigenous Gabrielino-Tongva people who originally inhabited Los Angeles was unanimously passed July 28. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Petition to rename Campbell Hall for Black Panthers killed in 1960s gains support

This post was updated Aug. 6 at 7:59 p.m. to include the NWWNC’s vote in support of renaming Campbell Hall. UCLA community members are calling on the UCLA administration to rename Campbell Hall to honor two Black activists who were killed inside the hall in the 1960s. Read more...

Photo: A petition to rename UCLA’s Campbell Hall created by fourth-year student Tanner Hall has already garnered over 4,500 signatures as of Aug. 3. (Screen capture by Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)


UCLA, UC consider cutting 2 scholarships connected with Confederate heritage group

UCLA is considering terminating two scholarships offered by a Confederacy heritage group. The United Daughters of the Confederacy’s California Division currently offers two scholarships to students at the University of California who are descendants of either a Confederacy veteran or a Confederacy veteran’s sibling: the Lulie C. Read more...

Photo: UCLA is in discussion with the University of California to end two scholarships offered by a Confederate heritage group. (Niveda Tennety/Daily Bruin senior staff)



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