UCLA will not light a bonfire at Thursday’s Beat ‘SC Bonfire rally. The Student Alumni Association, which hosts the event every year, said they cancelled the bonfire because of ongoing fires across California. Read more...
Photo: The annual Beat ‘SC bonfire will not be lit this year due to concerns about ongoing fires across the state. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The Bruins Around The World event Wednesday featured a fashion show and several dance performances that represented the cultures and histories of the international community at UCLA. Read more...
Photo: (Ariana Saigh/Daily Bruin)
Students offered both support and condemnation of a recent administrative action against a Palestinian-rights group for using UCLA trademarks in their conference logo. UCLA administrators sent National Students for Justice in Palestine a cease-and-desist letter Oct. Read more...
Photo: Undergraduate Students Associated Council passed a resolution condemning a perceived administrative overstep in UCLA’s cease-and-desist to National Students for Justice in Palestine regarding their conference logo. (Isra Ameen/Daily Bruin)
From a young age, Sonia Wraich said she has been bullied because of her religion. Wraich, a third-year biology student, is a Sikh and community service director of the Sikh Student Association at UCLA. Read more...
Photo: The Sikh Student Association at UCLA hosted a Turban Tying and Kirtan event in Meyerhoff Park on Wednesday as part of Sikh Awareness Month. (Tanmay Shankar/Daily Bruin)
The “10 Questions” lecture series, which will address a different question each week, doubles as a course for students and a panel open to the public. Read more...
Photo: Valorie Kondos Field, the UCLA women’s gymnastics coach, said at the event that, for her, the word failure does not exist. Kondos Field discussed the struggle of getting this idea across to her athletes while coaching a sport that depends on perfection. (Photo courtesy of Hannah Burnett/UCLA : Arts)
Two UCLA alumni founded a tea company to provide a healthy source of energy and to give to those in need. Robbie Page, who graduated from UCLA in 2014, and Steve O’Dell, who left UCLA during his fourth year in 2016, founded Tenzo Tea in 2016. Read more...
Photo: While at UCLA, both Steve O’Dell and Robbie Page played on the men’s volleyball team. Page said the two began to experience negative side effects from consuming energy drinks and coffee and wanted to find a healthier alternative. (Courtesy of Tenzo Tea)
For Donald Salcedo, a member of the Quechan Indian tribe, pursuing a spot at UCLA meant choosing between personal achievement and serving his community. Salcedo, a fourth-year American Indian studies student, is one of four California Native American students to win the Rodney T. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year American Indian studies student Donald Salcedo said his mother did not graduate from high school. He said he is living a dream his parents did not even realize they could dream. Salcedo has worked with Southern California tribes to address issues including child welfare, mental health, elder abuse and domestic violence. (Courtesy of Michael Fisher)
