Friday, December 19

UCLA works to secure online learning environments after ‘Zoombombing’ disruptions

UCLA officials are taking steps to avoid recent “Zoombombing” incidents in which people interrupt online lectures with vulgar audio and chat messages. The university is working on providing support to students and faculty who were verbally attacked during the incidents, which took place during the first week of spring online instruction, Chancellor Gene Block said in a campuswide email Wednesday. Read more...

Photo: UCLA officials are working to address multiple Zoom lecture interruptions that took place Tuesday where people disrupted classes with vulgar audio and chat messages. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UCLA moves summer session A online, extending remote instruction through Aug. 28

This post was updated April 2 at 1:19 p.m. Summer session A will also be taught remotely, university officials announced Wednesday. Session A, which is scheduled from June 22 to Aug. Read more...

Photo: Summer session A, which runs from June 22 to Aug. 28, will be taught remotely. It has not yet been decided whether summer session C will be taught online as well. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UC lifts testing requirements, other admissions standards in response to pandemic

Incoming UCLA students and future applicants will see some of their admissions requirements relaxed because of the novel coronavirus pandemic. High school students applying to UC schools in November 2020 will not have to submit SAT or ACT scores after college entrance examinations were suspended nationwide, the UC said in a press release. Read more...

Photo: The University of California relaxed several admissions requirements for future and incoming students. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Racist ‘Zoombombing’ incidents at UCLA disrupt online classes and students

A barrage of vulgar words and messages interrupted several UCLA classes held Tuesday on the video conference application Zoom. “Zoombombing”, a new type of internet trolling, occurs when an individual or a group of individuals use Zoom features to interrupt a meeting or class. Read more...

Photo: Some UCLA lectures hosted via Zoom on Tuesday were interrupted by vulgar words and obscenities in “Zoombombing” incidents. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Students discuss impacts of losing on-campus jobs as facilities close amid COVID-19

A large portion of Kelsey Tsonton’s paycheck from her job as a John Wooden Center FITWELL consultant usually goes toward paying her tuition. But, like Americans across the country, she recently lost her job. Read more...

Photo: Following the closure of recreational facilities and other campus locations that employ students, many students are now left without a job for spring quarter. (Daily Bruin file photo)



UCLA graduate students consider striking without union support

This post was updated March 30 at 5:48 p.m. UCLA graduate students are considering going on strike over what they see as unfair working conditions and inadequate compensation from the university. Read more...

Photo: UCLA graduate students are exploring options for a potential strike. A union that represents graduate student workers is set to vote on the matter in early April. (Niveda Tennety/Assistant Photo editor)



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