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October 13, 8:49 pm

Lebanese Student Association hosts vigil honoring those affected by recent attacks

This post was updated Oct. 13 at 11:12 p.m. Around 50 people gathered in Bruin Plaza on Thursday night to commemorate lives lost in Lebanon. The vigil, hosted by the Lebanese Student Association, comes after Israel invaded southern Lebanon to target Hezbollah, a Lebanese political party and militant group that is firing rockets into northern Israel, according to the Associated Press. Read more...

Photo: Students gather at a vigil for Lebanon in Bruin Plaza hosted by the Lebanese Students Association on Thursday. (Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor)

Campus, International, News

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October 9, 1:18 pm

Jewish organizations host vigil on 1-year anniversary of Oct. 7 Hamas attack

Hundreds of people attended a vigil Monday evening to observe the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks. The attacks on Israel by Hamas – a militant group and Palestinian political party – killed at least 1,200 Israelis and led to nearly 250 hostages captured, according to ABC News. Read more...

Photo: Hundreds of people gather around an American flag and multiple Israeli flags during a vigil observing the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel by militant group and Palestinian political party Hamas. (Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor)

Campus, International, News, Uncategorized

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October 9, 12:47 am

Pro-Palestine demonstrators march in protest of 1 year of Israeli attacks in Gaza

Protesters marched in support of Palestine on Monday, one year after Israel began its retaliatory attacks in Gaza. The rally – hosted by Students for Justice in Palestine at UCLA, Faculty for Justice in Palestine at UCLA, Graduate Students for Justice in Palestine at UCLA and the Palestine Solidarity Collective at UCLA – began at Dickson Court North around 4:30 p.m. Read more...

Photo: Pro-Palestine protesters hold banners while walking down Charles E. Young Drive. Demonstrators marched and rallied Monday on the anniversary of the beginning of Israeli military’s retaliatory siege of Gaza. (Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor)

A Closer Look, Campus, International, News

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October 7, 12:13 am

UCLA organizations host vigil for Lebanon following airstrikes, attacks

Around 40 people attended a vigil for Lebanon in Dickson Court on Friday. The vigil was organized by the UCLA chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine, Jewish Voice for Peace and Students Organize for Syria, along with the Middle Eastern Student Association, the Muslim Student Association, and the Southwest Asian and North African Health Alliance Club, according to an Instagram post. Read more...

Photo: Participants attend a vigil for Lebanon on Friday. The vigil, which was hosted by multiple UCLA organizations, was held following attacks in Lebanon carried out by the Israeli military. (Shiv Patel/Daily Bruin senior staff)

A Closer Look, International, Los Angeles, News, Transportation

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September 20, 8:53 pm

LA ramps up transit preparations ahead of hosting its 3rd Olympic Games

After the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics in August, the countdown began for the Los Angeles Games. In August, Mayor Karen Bass announced the LA 2028 Olympics will be a car-free event, meaning visitors and spectators are encouraged to use public transportation to get to the venues. Read more...

Photo: Mayor Karen Bass holds the Olympic flag as she steps off a plane after the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics. Los Angeles will host the next Summer Olympics in 2028, with several transportation projects already underway. (Courtesy of Mayor Karen Bass)

A Closer Look, Academics, Higher Education, International, News

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September 2, 6:49 pm

LGBTI protections expand as public acceptance grows, Williams Institute finds

Social acceptance correlates strongly with legal protections for LGBTI individuals, according to a new report from the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law. Researchers analyzed a variety of factors to categorize countries by their stages of LGBTI protection, a process detailed in the report. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA School of Law is pictured. The Williams Institute, UCLA’s research center on sexual orientation and gender identity law, recently published a study examining social acceptance and legal protections for LGBTI individuals. (Daily Bruin file photo)


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