This post was updated June 5 at 11:16 p.m. Over 300 students and community members rallied outside Murphy Hall on Wednesday in support of the ongoing United Auto Workers Local 4811 strike. Read more...
Photo: Protesters, with an effigy labeled “Genocide Gene,” rally in support of the ongoing United Auto Workers Local 4811 Strike. The rally went from Murphy Hall through South Campus to the UCPD station on Westwood Plaza and then the Luskin turnaround. (Zoraiz Irshad/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The Undergraduate Students Association Council unanimously approved a change to its bylaws Tuesday that freezes the transfer of funds into its endowment until the UC divests from companies participating “in the violation of human rights.” The amendment, proposed May 28 by Cultural Affairs Commissioner Alicia Verdugo, makes changes to Article VII – which concerns finance – of the USA Bylaws. Read more...
Photo: Kerckhoff Hall, which hosts the offices of the Undergraduate Students Association Council, is pictured. The council voted Tuesday to approve a change to its bylaws placing restrictions on the funds in its endowment. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated June 5 at 11:29 p.m. The Los Angeles City Council unanimously passed a motion Tuesday requesting a report from LAPD and the LA County Office of Inspector General regarding LAPD’s decisions during Palestine solidarity encampments at UCLA and the University of Southern California. Read more...
Photo: LAPD officers stand in a line wearing riot gear. The Los Angeles City Council passed a motion requesting reports about LAPD’s actions during the Palestine solidarity encampments at UCLA and the University of Southern California. (Aidan Sun/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated June 4 at 12:48 a.m. Most people may not consider an 18th century Chinese wood block a book. Yet Professor Matthew Fisher’s new English capstone seminar challenges students to reimagine what a “book” can be – a paperback novel, fruit labels or even a collection of bark fabrics. Read more...
Photo: A copy of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick is pictured in the UCLA Library Special Collections at the Charles E. Young Research Library. The collection holds several first editions of classic books and material that dates back to 4000 B.C. (Megan Cai/Daily Bruin photo editor)
This post was updated June 5 at 11:26 p.m. Over 300 pro-Palestine protesters marched through campus and blocked traffic Monday to oppose the Israeli military’s invasion of Rafah – a city in the southern Gaza Strip – and demand UC divestment from Israel. Read more...
Photo: Pro-Palestine protesters block traffic at the intersection of Le Conte Avenue and Westwood Plaza. Several organizations, including Students for Justice in Palestine at UCLA and United Auto Workers Local 4811 rank and file caucus members, planned the event. (Aidan Sun/Daily Bruin)
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available. The UCLA Faculty Association announced Monday that it filed an unfair labor practice charge against the UC over the University’s treatment of faculty during the Palestine solidarity encampment and its aftermath. Read more...
Photo: Faculty members hold a sign in support of student protesters in Dickson Plaza. The UCLA Faculty Association announced Monday that it filed an unfair labor practice charge against the UC over the University’s handling of the recent Palestine solidarity encampment. (Aidan Sun/Daily Bruin)
Over a hundred people attended a vigil Friday evening to honor Palestinians killed by the Israeli military in the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, a month after the violent attack on and subsequent police sweep of the now-dismantled Palestine solidarity encampment at UCLA. Read more...
Photo: A speaker addresses attendees of Friday’s vigil, which honored Palestinians killed by the Israeli military. (Jessica Allen/Daily Bruin)
