This post was updated at 10:37 p.m. The undergraduate student government voted down a resolution early Wednesday morning calling for UCLA and the University of California to divest from companies that profit from the Israeli occupation of Gaza and the West Bank. Read more...
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February 26, 11:09 pm
USAC rejects resolution on divestment after long meeting
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February 26, 8:14 am
USAC rejects resolution on divestment after long meeting
The undergraduate student government voted down a resolution early Wednesday morning calling for UCLA and the University of California to divest from companies that profit from the Israeli occupation of Gaza and the West Bank. Read more...
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February 26, 1:39 am
Students voice opinions on USAC divestment resolution
Editor’s note: Because of the offensive nature of discussion around this article, commenting has been closed. Lines of students stretched the length of Ackerman Grand Ballroom Tuesday night as an impassioned discussion unfolded about a controversial undergraduate student government divestment resolution. Read more...
Photo: Michael Reyes, a fourth-year English student, was one of many students who spoke at Tuesday night’s Undergraduate Students Association Council meeting to express his support for the divestment resolution. Hundreds of students spent hours advocating for and against the resolution. (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin)
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February 26, 1:37 am
Chilean student activists to speak at UCLA Wednesday
Three Chilean student organizers will speak at UCLA on Wednesday to advocate for social revolution and access to free education. The Student Collective Against Labor Exploitation, or SCALE, will host Gabriel Gac, Pablo Silva and Melissa Feritto, anarchist student organizers who have participated in a series of Chilean student protests in recent years. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Gabriel Gac)
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February 26, 1:36 am
Academic Senate accepting nominees for annual diversity award
The UCLA Academic Senate is currently accepting nominations for an annual award meant to honor students and faculty who promote an impartial and inclusive learning environment at UCLA. Read more...
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February 25, 12:41 am
Students mobilize in response to divestment resolution
Students are mobilizing for and against a resolution that calls for divestment from companies that profit from the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories. The Undergraduate Students Association Council is set to vote Tuesday on the resolution, which asks for the University of California to divest from specific companies that the resolution claims are complicit in the human rights abuses of Palestinians. Read more...
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February 25, 12:37 am
Interaxon inspires fifth-graders with science event
Fifth-grade student Robert Ibar stood at a table holding a steering wheel – a piece of a real race car. Ibar smiled widely as he talked about the color scheme he submitted for UCLA Racing’s 2014 competition car. Read more...
Photo: Interaxon, a UCLA student group, hosted an event on Monday to encourage elementary school students to be excited about science and pursuing a higher education. (Gaby Cabalza/Daily Bruin)