Wednesday, October 28

What do UCLA students think about recent rainy days?

This post was updated Oct. 22 at 11:08 p.m. Rain at UCLA this week left students skipping lectures, trudging through flooding on campus and frantically searching for umbrellas. Read more...

Photo: A table in the rain is pictured. Rain at UCLA this week left students skipping lectures, trudging through flooding on campus and frantically searching for umbrellas. (Kai Dizon/Assistant Photo editor)


This UCLA lab uses Nobel-winning techniques on mice to better understand the brain

This post was updated Oct. 22 at 11:19 p.m. Using light rays to turn off and on certain regions of mice’s brains is a normal part of Avishek Adhikari’s day in his lab. Read more...

Photo: The Adhikari lab uses optogenetics – a Nobel-prize winning technique to study how mice respond to both fear and food. (Charlie Hamilton/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCPD investigates report of sexual battery outside Broad Art Center

UCPD is investigating a reported sexual battery that occurred Thursday at 1 p.m. outside the Broad Art Center. The victim – a UCLA student – reported the incident to UCPD shortly after it occurred, according to a Thursday UCPD Clery Timely Warning. Read more...

Photo: The Broad Art Center is pictured. UCPD is investigating a reported sexual battery that occurred outside the building Thursday afternoon. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)


UCPD investigating multiple reports of burglary at Boelter Hall

This post was updated Oct. 22 at 11:31 p.m. UCPD is investigating four reported burglaries, attempted burglaries and thefts at Boelter Hall between Oct. 10 and Tuesday. Read more...

Photo: Boelter Hall is pictured. UCPD received four separate reports of burglaries, attempted burglaries or thefts between Oct. 10 and Tuesday. (Daily Bruin file photo)


$950, not $100,000: Sigma Nu has overreported its fundraising since 2023

UCLA’s Sigma Nu chapter told the university from 2023-26 that it had fundraised at least $100,000 each year – the highest amount reported among all Greek life chapters. Read more...

Photo: The Sigma Nu house is pictured. UCLA’s Sigma Nu chapter told the university from 2023-26 that it had fundraised at least $100,000 each year but later backtracked, claiming the figures were inaccurate. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Why doesn’t UCLA’s on-campus hospital offer rape kits?

This post was updated Oct. 21 at 4:35 p.m. UCLA students who experience sexual assault must travel more than four miles off campus to access a rape kit. Read more...

Photo: The Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is pictured. UCLA students living on campus must travel about four miles to undergo a sexual assault forensic exam, colloquially known as a rape kit, as the medical center doesn’t offer SAFE exams. (Daily Bruin file photo)


GSA Recap – Oct. 15

The Graduate Students Association approved a revised budget with a projected $95,511 deficit that arose because of a spreadsheet formula error and discussed the Underground Scholars Initiative’s request to rejoin the GSA’s Student Interest Board at its Oct. Read more...

Photo: (Designed by Nicholas Mouchawar/Daily Bruin senior staff)