The UCLA Black Law Students Association met with the law school dean Monday about possible ways to improve campus climate for students of color. Students in the association discussed a letter they drafted to Law School Dean Rachel Moran and a petition that they launched on Friday. Read more...
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February 25, 12:32 am
UCLA student law group seeks improved campus climate
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February 25, 12:31 am
Chancellor calls for diversity-related GE by end of 2014
UCLA Chancellor Gene Block called on faculty to establish a diversity-related general education requirement by the end of 2014, on Monday in an email to the campus community. Read more...
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February 24, 11:30 pm
Student input to be consulted in new library mug design
Students now have the opportunity to vote on a new design for a new UCLA library mug, which student leaders hope will reduce campus waste. Associated Students UCLA and Undergraduate Students Association Council Facilities Commissioner Armen Hadjimanoukian organized the redesign process. Read more...
Photo: Students get to vote on what they would like to see on UCLA Library’s newest mug design. Courtesy of Armen Hadjimanoukian
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February 24, 1:39 am
Samantha Power discusses importance of freedom of press in global conflicts
U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power warned the UCLA community Sunday that there are growing dangers threatening the free press and thus the public’s ability to sufficiently understand global conflicts. Read more...
Photo: U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power gave a lecture Sunday night about emerging dangers to freedom of press worldwide. (Felicia Ramirez/Daily Bruin staff)
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February 24, 1:37 am
MEChA conference teaches students the value of higher education
The original version of this article contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. Students from all over Los Angeles filled UCLA’s Dickinson Court Saturday to encourage students of color to pursue higher education. Read more...
Photo: Students gave a presentation at the MEChA de UCLA’s 21st Annual Raza Youth Conference to teach youth from low-income backgrounds about the importance of pursuing higher education. (Carolyn Francis/Daily Bruin)
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February 24, 1:35 am
Campus Retention Committee seeks to appeal ECP policy
A student committee designed to increase retention on campus is pushing for UCLA administrators to change a policy that requires undergraduates to stay on a specific academic track. Read more...
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February 24, 12:00 am
Former inmate enjoys the ‘good life’ by giving back to community
Smoothing his collar, he glanced over his shoulder at the tall wire fence surrounding the parking lot. Howard Chung walked up the concrete steps to the Los Angeles County Probation Department’s offices and marched inside when the glass doors buzzed open for him. Read more...
Photo: Now 32 years old, Howard Chung is a fourth-year study of religion student at UCLA who is leading a service project to tutor high school students in a probation camp. Chung has been incarcerated twice in his past. (Tamaryn Kong/Daily Bruin)