Students will have 24-hour access to the John Wooden Center starting Jan. 9. The extended hours will apply Monday through Thursday, and will include access to the center’s cardio, gym, group activity spaces and indoor areas for meetings and dance practices, according to a statement from UCLA Recreation. Read more...
Photo: The John Wooden Center will be open 24 hours a day for students, Monday through Thursday, starting Jan. 9. (Daily Bruin file photo)
More than 100 UCLA students chanted and waved signs that read, “You can’t drink oil,” and “Water is life,” on Janss Steps on Tuesday. The American Indian Graduate Students Association held a rally to protest against a gas pipe construction near the Standing Rock reservation in North Dakota, which is home to about 10,000 Sioux tribe members. Read more...
Photo: UCLA students attended a rally Wednesday to protest against the Dakota Access pipeline construction near the Standing Rock Indian reservation. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin)
Students wrote supportive notes for sexual assault survivors, including “You are not your trauma” and “I believe you” on a blackboard Monday. Bruin Consent Coalition, a committee in the undergraduate student government Student Wellness Commission, held an event called “Scribble Your Support” on Kerckhoff Patio to support survivors, amid election season, said Chloe Pan, co-director of the coalition and a third-year international development studies and Asian American studies student. Read more...
Photo: The Bruin Consent Coalition held an event called “Scribble Your Support” in Kerckhoff Patio on Monday, where students could write messages of support and positivity for sexual assault survivors. (Anthony Tran/Daily Bruin)
UCLA officials announced the seventh dean for the UCLA School of Nursing on Monday. Linda Sarna, a research professor and interim dean at the nursing school, will assume the position on Nov. Read more...
Photo: UCLA officials announced Monday interim dean Linda Sarna will continue as the permanent dean of the UCLA School of Nursing. (UCLA Newsroom)
When faculty and administrators started the disability studies minor, they thought students with disabilities would be the most interested. But 10 years later, the minor has grown in size, and students from all backgrounds apply. Read more...
Photo: Claudine Ignacio, a third-year psychobiology student, runs an Instagram page that tells the stories of disabled individuals, inspired by a disability studies class. (Courtesy of Claudine Ignacio)
A conservative filmmaker and author compared a United States governed by Democratic lawmakers to an “urban plantation” at an event hosted by Bruin Republicans on Thursday. Read more...
Photo: Conservative writer Dinesh D’Souza spoke at a Bruin Republicans event Thursday and described what he called the political left’s misrepresentation of history. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)
UCLA will spend $5 million in university funds to build the new graduate student fitness center, a UCLA official told graduate students Wednesday. Michael DeLuca, assistant vice chancellor of campus life, gave graduate students details about the new Kinross Recreation Center at a forum Wednesday. Read more...
Photo: The old Kinross Recreation Center will close Dec. 16. Officials announced details of the new KREC at a forum Wednesday. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo Editor)
