This post was updated May 29 at 10:16 p.m. Good morning, UCLA! These three words have become synonymous with Charlie Kratus, a first-year business economics student. Read more...
Photo: Charlie Kratus poses at Dickson Plaza. Kratus’ videos often begin with this open-armed pose and the words “good morning UCLA,” before getting to the video’s topic of the day. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated May 29 at 10:52 p.m. Around 70 registered nurses and community members rallied near Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center on Wednesday morning to protest changes by hospital management to float pool nurse scheduling shifts. Read more...
Photo: Nicholas Cole, a UCLA registered nurse, holds a sign protesting scheduling changes for float pool nurses outside Ronald Reagan Medical Center. The proposed change from the hospital says float pool nurses will now be required to work at least one shift per week instead of being allowed to schedule their own shifts within a four-week period. (Shiv Patel/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated May 29 at 10:14 p.m. Around 200 people gathered at Bruin Plaza on Tuesday to show support for the ongoing United Auto Workers Local 4811 strike. UCLA members of UAW Local 4811 – which represents academic student employees, graduate students, and academic and postdoctoral researchers – began picketing at 9 a.m. Read more...
Photo: Members of United Auto Workers Local 4811 march toward Bruin Plaza. The union held a rally Tuesday afternoon and called on the UC to resolve its unfair labor practices. (Zoraiz Irshad/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated May 29 at 10:07 p.m. United Auto Workers Local 4811 began its strike at UCLA on Tuesday with picketing at 9 a.m. Read more...
Photo: Members of United Auto Workers Local 4811 picket at Dickson Plaza. The union voted to authorize a strike May 15, with 79% of participating members voting in favor of the action. (Zimo Li/Daily Bruin)
“Climate change is a hoax.” “The earth is flat.” “Vaccines have microchips in them.” These beliefs persist despite having been widely rejected by scientists. During the COVID-19 pandemic, some conservative politicians promoted the use of the drug ivermectin, which is used to kill parasites, as a cure for the virus – even though the United States Food and Drug Administration did not authorize its use and the National Institutes of Health explicitly advised against it. Read more...
Photo: (Yliah Stuart-Serrano/Daily Bruin)
When scrolling through social media, Neha Gupta and her roommates often come across several diets. Like many college students, after seeing accounts promoting diets such as one of bacon, eggs, butter, beef, ice cream and intermittent fasting, they were confused about what to eat. Read more...
Photo: (Kimi Jung/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated May 28 at 5:22 p.m. The next time a person searches the internet to research native plants or local dialects, they may encounter Wikipedia articles edited by UCLA students. Read more...
Photo: A person opens a Wikipedia article about DNA on a laptop screen. A Fiat Lux seminar being offered this quarter is teaching students how to edit and create articles on Wikipedia. (Michael Gallagher/Daily Bruin)
