The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place biweekly on Tuesdays at 5 p.m. Read more...
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July 25, 5:48 pm
USAC Recap – July 14
Campus, News
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July 24, 8:38 pm
UCLA Housing to offer only single occupancy rooms on the Hill for fall quarter
UCLA Housing will only offer single occupancy rooms on campus in the fall, UCLA Housing announced in a tweet Friday. Students who received offers for double occupancy rooms will be reassigned to a single occupancy room and possibly a new building, according to the tweet. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Housing announced that on-campus housing will only offer single occupancy rooms in the fall. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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July 20, 11:58 pm
University apartment tenants organize rent strike, call on UCLA for financial relief
Dozens of university apartment tenants have withheld rent for months as part of a strike calling on UCLA to cancel rent because of concerns about housing costs amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more...
Photo: Dozens of university apartment tenants are withholding rent and demanding UCLA Housing cancel rent increases, make housing affordable and protect tenants unable to pay rent. (Daniel Leibowitz/Daily Bruin staff)
Campus, Los Angeles, News
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July 20, 8:17 pm
Faculty collective pushes for university police divestment, criticizes UCLA’s plan forward
A group of UCLA faculty says the university’s plan to address police violence represents a renewed commitment to policing and fails to work meaningfully toward divestment. Read more...
Photo: A group of UCLA faculty rejects the university’s proposal to reform campus police, and calls for divestment from law enforcement instead. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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July 16, 5:56 pm
UC’s 2020 acceptance rate rose to 69.5%, admitting record number of students
This post was updated July 16 at 8:18 p.m. The University of California admitted a record number of freshman and transfer students, according to fall 2020 admissions data released Thursday. Read more...
Photo: Admissions data released Thursday by the University of California shows an increase in admission rates and the share of Chicano/Latino students universitywide. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)
A Closer Look, Campus, News
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July 13, 7:17 pm
Family history project allows students to dig up roots and share stories
Members of the Southeast Asian campus community are digging into their roots. The Roots, or Cội Nguồn, Southeast Asian Family History Project allows students to explore their family trees. Read more...
Photo: Roots, or Cội Nguồn, Southeast Asian Family History Project, aims to provide a means for Southeast Asian students to learn about their familial roots and diversify the Southeast Asian narrative. (Sakshi Joglekar/Daily Bruin)
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July 6, 8:12 pm
Janss brothers’ history of discrimination prompts call for changing name of steps
This post was updated July 7 at 1:40 p.m. A petition to rename Janss Steps received over 2,000 signatures as of July 6. The petition states that UCLA should rename the steps after an alumnus who changed the world for the better, rather than someone who contributed to institutional racism. Read more...
Photo: More than 2,000 people signed a petition to rename Janss Steps, which is named after Harold Janss and Edwin Janss Sr. who barred people of color from owning properties or businesses in Westwood Village. (Daily Bruin file photo)