Students will have 24-hour access to the John Wooden Center starting Jan. 9. The extended hours will apply Monday through Thursday, and will include access to the center’s cardio, gym, group activity spaces and indoor areas for meetings and dance practices, according to a statement from UCLA Recreation. Read more...
Photo: The John Wooden Center will be open 24 hours a day for students, Monday through Thursday, starting Jan. 9. (Daily Bruin file photo)
More than 100 UCLA students chanted and waved signs that read, “You can’t drink oil,” and “Water is life,” on Janss Steps on Tuesday. The American Indian Graduate Students Association held a rally to protest against a gas pipe construction near the Standing Rock reservation in North Dakota, which is home to about 10,000 Sioux tribe members. Read more...
Photo: UCLA students attended a rally Wednesday to protest against the Dakota Access pipeline construction near the Standing Rock Indian reservation. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin)
The slightest movement of an eye or dilation of the pupil can reveal the thought processes of a person’s brain – even an infant’s. Researchers across UCLA are using eye-tracking technology to track eye positions and eye movement. Read more...
Photo: (Harishwer Balasubramani/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Nov. 15 at 10:55 p.m. Undergraduate student government leaders are gathering data to help address problems with off-campus housing. Undergraduate Students Association Council President Danny Siegel said his office started compiling information about rent prices and renters’ rights in the fall. Read more...
Photo: Undergraduate Students’ Association Government President Danny Siegel wants to raise awareness about high off-campus rents and improve relations between first-time student tenants and landlords. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Voters around UCLA voted strongly in favor of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, according to exit polling by the Daily Bruin. The Bruin interviewed people leaving six different polling places on campus and in Westwood Village throughout the day. Read more...
Students wrote supportive notes for sexual assault survivors, including “You are not your trauma” and “I believe you” on a blackboard Monday. Bruin Consent Coalition, a committee in the undergraduate student government Student Wellness Commission, held an event called “Scribble Your Support” on Kerckhoff Patio to support survivors, amid election season, said Chloe Pan, co-director of the coalition and a third-year international development studies and Asian American studies student. Read more...
Photo: The Bruin Consent Coalition held an event called “Scribble Your Support” in Kerckhoff Patio on Monday, where students could write messages of support and positivity for sexual assault survivors. (Anthony Tran/Daily Bruin)
A Los Angeles city committee met last week to discuss replacing Columbus Day with a holiday that would celebrate Native Americans. The Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission presented a report in favor of establishing Indigenous Peoples Day to the Arts, Parks and River Committee. Read more...
Photo: Herb Wesson, president of the Los Angeles City Council, did not place a report advocating for the establishment of Indigenous Peoples Day on the meeting agenda for a vote. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)
