The Undergraduate Students Association Council approved three referendums to appear on its May ballot at its Feb. 24 meeting. USAC is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Read more...
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March 9, 8:28 pm
Remembering Aimée Dorr, former dean of UCLA Ed&IS, UC provost
Aimée Dorr, the former UC provost and dean of the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, died Jan. 25. She was 83. Dorr joined the UCLA faculty in 1981 as a professor in the education department who researched the impacts of electronic media on children. Read more...
Photo: Aimée Dorr, the former UC provost and dean of the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, smiles. Dorr died Jan. 25 at 83 years old. (Courtesy of UCLA Ed&IS staff)
A Closer Look, Campus, News, Science & Health
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March 9, 7:56 pm
Student Wellness Commission hosts cultural showcase ‘Joy as Resistance’
Students gathered on Feb. 27 to watch campus cultural groups perform at an event hosted by the Undergraduate Students Association Council’s Student Wellness Commission. Student Wellness Commissioner Hannah Yip hosted “Joy as Resistance” – a cultural showcase highlighting music and dance from cultural student organizations – in Carnesale Commons from 5 to 7 p.m. Read more...
Photo: Jade Lotus Lion Dance at UCLA does a traditional lion dance performance as part of SWC’s Joy as Resistance event, a cultural showcase highlighting music and dance from cultural student organizations. (Nicholas Mouchawar/Daily Bruin)
California, Campus, News
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March 7, 7:22 pm
Petitioners push billionaire tax, other initiatives for California ballot
This post was updated March 8 at 10:00 p.m. California advocates are trying to put a tax on billionaires on the November ballot. Leaders from Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West and St. Read more...
Photo: Bruin Walk – one campus location where petitioners typically try to get signatures – is pictured. California advocates are trying to put a tax on billionaires on the November ballot. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Campus, News, Student Government
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March 6, 8:15 pm
Rejected fee initiative cannot appear on May USAC ballot, USA Judicial Board rules
This post was updated March 8 at 9:47 p.m. The USA Judicial Board on Friday unanimously rejected an appeal to overturn the USA Elections Board’s disqualification of a student fee initiative from the May Undergraduate Students Association Council election. Read more...
Photo: Jiorden King and Vonnie Nightingale Smith, the chairperson and vice chairperson of the Community Programs Office Student Leadership Council, listens to statements from USA Elections Board chairperson and vice chairperson Syed Tamim Ahmad and Carl Maier at their Friday case. King and Smith accused the elections board of violating the election code by not properly advertising a week seven referendum deadline on the Election Calendar. (Izzy Greig/Daily Bruin)
A Closer Look, Campus, News
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March 6, 12:50 pm
In Plain Sight: Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden staff cultivate connection, education
This post was updated March 8 at 9:55 p.m. Most UCLA students dread taking 8 a.m. lectures – the earliest courses UCLA offers. But by 7:30 a.m., John Cluff – the manager of the Mildred E. Read more...
Photo: Victoria Sork, the director of the Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden, smiles. Staff members at the garden work to keep its 7.5 acres clean and safe. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Campus, National, News
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March 5, 9:58 pm
Students debate activist Chloe Cole at Turning Point USA at UCLA event
UCLA students debated a conservative activist who opposes gender-affirming care for minors at a Turning Point USA event in Bruin Plaza on Wednesday. The event – organized by TPUSA’s West Hollywood and UCLA chapters – was part of a series called “Pick up the Mic” which invites college students to debate Chloe Cole, a speaker who supports banning minors from receiving gender-affirming care after her own gender detransition. Read more...
Photo: Chloe Cole, a conservative activist, debates a student at a Turning Point USA event in Bruin Plaza on Wednesday. Cole said she believes minors should not be allowed to gender transition, adding that those who do may feel happier in the moment, but their quality of life will eventually worsen. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)