Saturday, April 11

Block speaks on vice chancellor position, Title IX investigation

Chancellor Gene Block meets with the Daily Bruin editorial board every quarter to discuss issues affecting campus and to explain administrative policies. At their meeting on Monday, Block spoke about the selection process for the vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion, UCLA’s response to the ongoing Title IX investigation and the results of a state audit, which was released in June and found UCLA’s sexual assault training insufficient. Read more...

Photo: Chancellor Gene Block spoke with the Daily Bruin editorial board about issues ranging from a new vice chancellor position to the summer flood on campus. (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Coalition supporting IGNITE campaign pushes for Proposition 47

As part of a student-led campaign, members of a newly formed coalition at UCLA are pushing to pass a proposition in the upcoming midterm election that would reduce sentences for minor crimes. Read more...

Photo: Undergraduate Students Association Council President Devin Murphy discusses the Invest in Graduation, Not Incarceration, Transform Education campaign with other students. (Joseph Chan/Daily Bruin)


UCLA law students rally to end Columbus Day

About 25 UCLA students rallied Monday on the anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ landing in the Americas to protest historical violence toward and colonization of indigenous peoples in America. Read more...

Photo: Catherine Recinos, a second-year law student, joined other students in a rally Monday to protest historical violence toward indigenous peoples in America. (Tamaryn Kong/Daily Bruin)





Former NICU patients reunite with medical staff

Dr. Uday Devaskar rode the near-52 miles home from UCLA to Oxnard in a private ambulance with prematurely born Ione Villanueva in 2001. When they arrived, family and friends were waiting for Ione, who was able to spend time in her crib with her twin sister, Macy, before she died from liver failure in her mother’s arms about an hour later. Read more...

Photo: Stephanie Crisostomo holds her 11-month-old daughter, Willow, in her arms at the Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA reunion. Willow was born three months premature and struggled to breathe because of medical problems at birth. (Brandon Choe/Daily Bruin senior staff)