Sunday, June 29

Enigma club members bond over RPGs, blackjack and campuswide games of vampire tag

Next week, Enigma members will don sneakers, pick up maps and chase each other across campus. This week was quieter – students gambled chips to win a set of role-playing-game dice. Read more...

Photo: Members of Enigma, a science fiction and fantasy gaming club on campus, participate in activities ranging from tabletop role-playing games to vampire tag. (Mia Kayser/Daily Bruin Staff)


Black students in LA still face significant barriers in education, UCLA study finds

Educational policies have to address both in-school and out-of-school factors in order to overcome the barriers that black students face in the County of Los Angeles, a UCLA study found. Read more...

Photo: A study from the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies found that black children in Los Angeles county face educational, health and social disadvantages. Failing to recognize the connections between education, health and poverty makes it difficult for policy to effectively counter these disadvantages, according to the study. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Students have the opportunity to slow down fast fashion at 1st Bruin Bazaar

Students browsed through school supplies, board games and clothing Wednesday at a pop-up shop hosted by student government officials. The Undergraduate Students Association Council Facilities Commission hosted its first Bruin Bazaar of the year Wednesday, where students could donate items to the market in exchange for clothes, a reusable utensil set or other miscellaneous goods. Read more...

Photo: Students perused the Undergraduate Students Association Council Facilities Commission’s first Bruin Bazaar of the year Wednesday. All items were given at no cost to students in exchange for donations or help promoting the event. (Mia Kayser/Daily Bruin)



Mental Health Tracker debuts as part of Depression Grand Challenge

UCLA researchers created an online mental health tracker for students to screen, track and treat their mental health issues as part of UCLA’s Depression Grand Challenge. Read more...

Photo: UCLA researchers developed a mental health tracker, free for all registered students, as part of the UCLA Depression Grand Challenge which seeks to cut depression burdens in half by 2050. (Daily Bruin file photo)



Bruin Belles create sought-after community, foster leadership through philanthropy

Debby Erazo, a third-year public affairs student, received her second rejection in two years from the Bruin Belles Service Association last year. But she wasn’t surprised, she said. Read more...

Photo: The Bruin Belles, founded in the 1940s, is a service organization for women at UCLA. It is also an exclusive organization, accepting fewer than a third of all applicants. (Tanmay Shankar/Assistant Photo editor)



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