Sunday, March 22


UCLA faculty to vote on implementing diversity requirement

If faculty vote this week to implement a diversity course requirement, UCLA will become the second to last University of California campus to do so. Among the nine UC campuses with undergraduate student bodies, seven have approved general education requirements in the last 25 years to teach students about structural inequalities and underrepresented groups in California and the U.S. Read more...


Leaked emails reveal partnership between Hillel, PR firm

A rabbi at UCLA Hillel is working with a national public relations firm to strategize against potential divestment resolutions on campus, according to recently leaked emails. Read more...

Photo: According to leaked emails, a rabbi at UCLA Hillel is working with a national public relations firm to strategize against potential divestment resolutions on campus. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)


‘Bikes 4 Orphans’ initiative raises funds to support education abroad

Professional cyclists streaking by in neon blurs made a lasting impression on Sebouh Bazikian. He was in eighth grade and at his first bike-a-thon, taking in the scene while pedaling at his own pace. Read more...

Photo: First-year Sebouh Bazikian mounts his racing bike, which helped inspire the charity he created when he was 16 to deliver bicycles to orphans who must walk several miles to get to school. (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin senior staff)


USAC passes resolution to educate students about Prop. 47

With an 11-1-0 vote, the undergraduate student government passed a resolution Tuesday calling for students to learn more about a proposition in the upcoming midterm election that would lower criminal sentences for some nonviolent crimes. Read more...

Photo: Undergraduate Students Association Council President Devin Murphy speaks to a group of students about Proposition 47, which will be on the Nov. 4 California midterm election ballot. (Eva Sidhu/Daily Bruin)


Ebola forum provides information about virus and response

A panel of experts calmed fears of an Ebola virus outbreak in Los Angeles at an informational forum Tuesday night. The event, put on by the UCLA Center for World Health in association with the L.A. Read more...

Photo: Dr. Anne Rimoin, who has worked with the Ebola virus in the past, spoke at the community forum seeking to provide people with more information about the virus. (Joseph Chan/Daily Bruin)


‘Change the Course’ promotes water conservation, sustainability

A sustainability expert urged UCLA students Tuesday night to pledge to conserve water by taking shorter showers, eating less meat and turning down water pressure while washing dishes. Read more...

Photo: We Bring It On’s Chief Sustainability Officer Jennifer Regan speaks to students about the changing course of the Colorado River, which no longer flows to the sea. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin)



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