The resonating tones of Indonesian gamelan music is soothing for Kaylie Tannia. She plays the gendèr, an instrument made of tuned metal bars that resembles a xylophone. Read more...
Photo: Members of the Indonesian Bruin Student Association prepare crafts for their cultural day, which will be held Thursday. (Allison Ong/Daily Bruin)
After Robyn Barrios learned his mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, he dropped out of high school and worked a job at McDonald’s to support his family. Read more...
Photo: Madison Davis, a first-year biology student, wrote about Amir Hakimi, a fourth-year neuroscience student who is involved in the Mobile Clinic Project at UCLA and Swipes for the Homeless. Hakimi also developed projects to help the less fortunate. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin)
When Yaacov Tarko first heard other people describing their identities as Southwest Asian and North African, he immediately felt his Jewish identity was connected to their region and culture. Read more...
Photo: Students attended a discussion and presentations on SWANA identity. (Bailey Greene/Daily Bruin)
Seven UCLA students traveled to Washington, D.C., with UCLA’s Federal Relations Office on Monday to advocate for a consistent level of funding for Pell Grants and federal loans. Read more...
Photo: Students advocated for Pell Grant funding at an event in Washington, D.C., with UCLA’s Federal Relations Office. (Courtesy of Sarah P. Ervin)
Esaw Garner, wife of the late Eric Garner, encouraged students to vote and get involved in the movement against police brutality at a reception on campus Wednesday. Read more...
Photo: Esaw Garner, wife of Eric Garner, was the keynote speaker at the Community Programs Office’s annual community reception, which had the theme “Resistance is Us” this year. (Heidy Cadena/Daily Bruin)
A report released Tuesday found several irregularities to a study co-authored by a UCLA graduate student and a professor at Columbia University. Donald Green, a professor of political science, and Michael LaCour published the study in December in the journal Science. Read more...
Photo: Michael LaCour, a UCLA graduate student, confessed to falsifying details of the data collection process in a study published in Science magazine last December, according to a report released Tuesday. (Courtesy of UCLA)
The undergraduate student government council voted unanimously Tuesday to authorize the Finance Committee to investigate leaked LET’S ACT! documents that allege members of the slate used students fees to fund election campaigns. Read more...
Photo: Undergraduate student government Finance Committee Chair Cindy Wang will lead the investigation of the leaked LET’S ACT! documents. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)
