Jennifer Calderon was so relieved to hear her baby Henry’s cries in the delivery room that she didn’t notice the medical staff jumping into action. Calderon’s body would not stop bleeding after her cesarean section, an additional complication to what was already a difficult pregnancy. Read more...
Photo: Jennifer Calderon, with her son Henry, meets her blood donors who saved her life after she underwent a blood transfusion following a caesarean section nearly 10 months ago.
UCLA’s undergraduate student government said it plans to live stream its meetings by the end of winter quarter to make them more accessible to students. Though previous members of the Undergraduate Students Association Council have discussed this initiative, this year is the first time a council has obtained a permit for live streaming. Read more...
The sounds of rhythmic drumming filled Royce Hall Sunday night as students dressed in red danced gracefully and powerfully to the beat. The performance was part of this year’s Chinese Culture Night, put on by the Chinese Students and Scholars Association. Read more...
Photo: Sunday in Royce Hall was put on by the Chinese Students and Scholars Association.
Annie E. Clark felt that her school did not treat her report of sexual assault with enough sensitivity, so she became an activist for the rights of students who have experienced sexual assault on college campuses. Read more...
Photo: Third year world arts and cultures student Claudia Varney talks to third year civil engineering student Sarah Reynolds at a display on campus put up for Consent Week.
Their mouths covered with bands of bright orange tape, about 15 students stood in a straight line in front of Kerckhoff Hall on Thursday to protest and educate students about the Armenian Genocide. Read more...
Photo: Students in the Armenian Students’ Association at UCLA participated in a silent protest on Bruin Walk Thursday to protest denial of the Armenian Genocide by some countries.
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright would sit in a tent in her living room as she reviewed private material to ensure that no spies would ever see them, she told a sold-out crowd in Royce Hall Wednesday night. Read more...
Photo: Madeleine Albright, the first woman to become U.S. secretary of state, spoke at Royce Hall Wednesday night about globalization, technology and other issues.
Graduate student government leaders formed a diversity committee last week to gather graduate student opinions about racial discrimination at UCLA, in the hopes of drafting a resolution to address the school’s racial climate. Read more...
