Wednesday, April 15




‘CARE-van’ travelers advocate for Health for All Act

Imelda Plascencia had her first gallstones attack in 2008. In the middle of the night, a sharp pain struck the side of her body. At the hospital, Plascencia, a UCLA student at the time, waited for 24 hours before she was attended by a doctor. Read more...

Photo: Students and community organizers advocated with the UCLA Labor Center for a health care bill, SB 1005, at a rally in Sacramento, Calif. last week. Their efforts are part of an onging campaign to expand health care access for undocumented individuals. (California Immigrant Policy Center)


‘Dear Danwon’ hopes to comfort families of Sewol victims

High school sophomore Allen Geronimo checked his email every hour for nearly three weeks, hoping for a message from his South Korean pen pal who was a passenger on the Sewol ferry that sunk last month. Read more...

Photo: Jazzie Collins, a first-year psychobiology student, wrote a letter through Dear Danwon, a UCLA student project that offers support to those who lost loved ones when a South Korean ferry sunk last month. (Helen Kwak/Daily Bruin)



USAC Presidential Candidate: Devin Murphy

Devin Murphy never understood why his mother would sell her jewelry at pawn shops when he was a child. But as he grew, he realized that his single mother was doing all she could to support her family and make sure Murphy and his four brothers learned the importance of being independent. Read more...

Photo: (Neil Bedi/Daily Bruin senior staff)