Saturday, April 4


USAC committee suggests changes to address food security, student safety

An undergraduate student government committee recommended Monday the council create a new position of food security director and increase its role in ensuring student safety, among other changes. Read more...

Photo: (Anthony Tran/Daily Bruin) The USAC Constitutional Review Committee recommended Monday the council create a new position of food security director and increase its role in ensuring student safety.


Ecuadorian Bruins raise money for earthquake relief efforts overseas

Manying Ng-Argudo’s family was at a mall in Ecuador when an earthquake struck. The mall’s electricity was cut and people began to jump from the second floor to the first in panic to avoid getting trapped on escalators and inside elevators. Read more...

Photo: Ecuadorian students met Saturday to recount how they rushed to contact family after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Ecuador April 16.


UCLA released animal treatment records in settlement for 2013 lawsuit

UCLA agreed to release animal treatment records in response to a lawsuit an animal welfare organization filed in 2013 that alleged UCLA withheld public documents. The Animal Legal Defense Fund represented Stop Animal Exploitation Now an animal welfare organization, in the lawsuit. Read more...

Photo: The Animal Justice Project protested against animal experimentation in research studies Friday. The protest was a few days before Stop Animal Exploitation Now plans to release documents that allegedly show evidence of animal neglect. (Owen Emerson/Photo assistant editor)


Q&A: UCLA law professor discusses focus on Native American law

Carole Goldberg, vice chancellor for academic personnel, enrolled in law school in 1968 with the intention of providing legal services to the poor. But after taking a seminar in Native American law and writing a paper that was cited by the U.S. Read more...

Photo: Carole Goldberg, vice chancellor for academic personnel, helps Native Americans with legal issues and studies tribal justice systems. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UCLA class cultivates awareness of Mesoamerican languages, history

Eduardo de la Cruz intones a ritual prayer to bless seeds of corn in a UCLA professor’s backyard one Friday afternoon. Earlier that day, a group of UCLA students dug little holes in a patch of soft dirt in preparation for the blessing. Read more...

Photo: Juan Pablo Morales-Garzen, a graduate student in history, and Jessica Sanchez, a Latin American studies student, spent Friday morning digging holes to plant corn seeds. The students were invited to professor Kevin Terraciano’s backyard to learn about Mesoamerican cultures. (Zinnia Moreno/Daily Bruin)