Growing up in Saudi Arabia, Jodutt Basrawi was not interested in learning about his Arab heritage. But after visiting family in Syria in 2011 – at the beginning a series of protests and revolutions in the Middle East called the Arab Spring – the second-year geology student became passionate his Arab identity. Read more...
Photo: Students from the LA Dabke Troupe performed Middle Eastern folk dance at the United Arab Society’s culture night on Friday. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)
FIRED UP! candidates did not win any offices in this year’s student government election, but the slate’s supporters played a significant role in determining the outcome of many of the races for a seat on council. Read more...
Several pro-Israel lobbying organizations recently released statements claiming that on-campus student groups are unfairly targeting Israel by criticizing two undergraduate student government officials who went on free trips to Israel while in office. Read more...
After three hours of unpolished dicing and slicing, Ori Benoni and Amelia Ribbens tasted the pasta they had painstakingly prepared for the residents of Alexandria House, a transitional homeless shelter in downtown Los Angeles. Read more...
Photo: Amelia Ribbens, a third-year comparative literature and Spanish and Portuguese student and the volunteer coordinator of IMHOME, prepares a meal for the children and women living at Alexandria House, a transitional homeless shelter. (Hee Jae Choi/Daily Bruin)
Huddled tight in the center of Bruin Plaza on Friday, many LET’S ACT! supporters and candidates kept their eyes down as they waited for the results of the undergraduate student government race for president to be announced. Read more...
A student was arrested in the Student Activities Center at UCLA Friday late afternoon, after an altercation between supporters of the LET’S ACT! and FIRED UP! slates following the release of the undergraduate student government election results. Read more...
The original version of this article contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for more information. LET’S ACT! candidate Devin Murphy was elected by a slim margin Friday as next year’s undergraduate student government president, and will lead a council with a Bruins United plurality. Read more...
Photo: (Dang-Co Vu/Daily Bruin)
