Sunday, March 29

UCLA students protest against immigration ban, US-Mexico border wall

About 40 UCLA students and community members gathered in front of Kerckhoff Hall Thursday afternoon to protest recent actions by President Donald Trump. The United Arab Society, Muslim Student Association and Young Progressives Demanding Action at UCLA organized the “No Ban, No Wall // Rally and March” in response to Trump’s executive order barring Syrian refugees indefinitely and citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. Read more...

Photo: UCLA students gathered in front of Kerckhoff Hall on Thursday afternoon to speak out against President Donald Trump’s executive orders on immigration and the border wall. (Laura Uzes/Daily Bruin)


Alum supports website helping Chinese students at UCLA pay tuition

Hundreds of Chinese UCLA students make their tuition payments through a website each quarter instead of directly to the school. Easy Transfer, the first tuition payment service in China, converts tuition payments from Chinese yuan to United States dollars and transfers them directly to the school’s accounting department, said Yuxing Liu, the company’s vice president of business development and a UCLA alumnus. Read more...

Photo: Easy Transfer, the first tuition payment service in China, converts tuition payments from Chinese yuan to U.S. dollars and transfers them directly to the school’s accounting department. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)


Photo: BASH protests Piterberg with open-mic, singing event

Members of Bruins Against Sexual Harassment organized an open-mic and singing action in front of Young Research Library on Wednesday morning to protest Gabriel Piterberg, a history professor accused of sexually harassing two graduate students. Read more...

Photo: Members of Bruins Against Sexual Harassment participated in an open-mic session protesting against history professor Gabriel Piterberg. (Habeba Mostafa/Daily Bruin)


Faculty advisor shares experience of having pet alpacas

Erik Schweitzer drove his two pet alpacas, Sage and Rosemary, to a cathedral to get them blessed and to celebrate the day of the patron saint of animals, St. Read more...

Photo: Erik Schweitzer, a faculty advisor at the UCLA Molecular Biology Institute, brought his alpacas to campus last quarter to help his students de-stress before taking their pathophysiology final. (Justine Sto. Tomas/Daily Bruin senior staff)



Bruin Plate looks to nurture salad bar greens in aeroponic towers

Bruin Plate’s salad bar may soon use produce that’s grown in a soilless garden. UCLA officials hope to add a garden to Sproul Landing’s deck to teach students about soil-free technology. Read more...

Photo: UCLA officials plan to replace the plant beds on the Sproul Landing deck with a tower garden to grow fresh greens for Bruin Plate’s salad bar. (Laura Uzes/Daily Bruin)


Muslim law students hold healing space post-refugee ban

Law students and UCLA community members stood together in a large circle with heads bowed and candles in hand Monday evening. About 60 people participated in the healing space on the UCLA School of Law courtyard hosted by the Muslim Law Students Association. Read more...

Photo: Holding candles and bowing their heads in quiet contemplation, UCLA community members gathered at the UCLA School of Law to support each other and heal after recent events affecting Muslim students and citizens. (Habeba Mostafa/Daily Bruin)



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