Saturday, September 26

UCLA men’s water polo recruit admits to sexual penetration of minor with foreign object

This post was updated April 21 at 4:45 p.m. Editor’s note: This article contains mentions of alleged instances of sexual penetration against a minor. UCLA men’s water polo recruited a player who has admitted to the offense of sexual penetration with a foreign object against a minor, according to the Southern California News Group.  The 17-year-old athlete was arrested in February 2024 and admitted in the Los Angeles County Juvenile Court in November to the offense of sexual penetration with a foreign object against a minor as a high school student at Harvard-Westlake School, according to an investigation by SCNG. Read more...

Photo: Spieker Aquatics Center, where the UCLA men’s water polo team plays, is pictured. (Jacqueline Jacobo/Daily Bruin)


Community Service Commission aids people experiencing homelessness amid LA fires

The Undergraduate Students Association Council Community Service Commission held a two-day event offering aid to people experiencing homelessness and those displaced by fires Jan. 21 and Jan. Read more...

Photo: Students stand under a tent at the first day of the Undergraduate Students Association Council Community Service Commission’s Housing Resilience in Los Angeles event. (Jeannie Kim/Daily Bruin senior staff)


USAC recap – Feb. 25

The Undergraduate Students Association Council allocated more than $36,000 in funding and appointed a new Cultural Affairs commissioner during its final February meeting Tuesday. USAC is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Read more...


SPROUT at UCLA nurtures K-5 students’ budding interests in STEM through field days

A new UCLA club is teaching Los Angeles’ elementary school children to love science. SPROUT at UCLA, which formed in January, aims to bring one free STEM field day to schools in the LA Unified School District for kindergarten to fifth-grade students. Read more...

Photo: SPROUT at UCLA members are pictured after one of their club meetings. (Courtesy of SPROUT at UCLA)


UC President Michael Drake addresses concerns in final town hall of term

University of California President Michael Drake promised to work toward improving staff wellness and providing a salary increase for University employees when reflecting on his tenure during a Feb. Read more...

Photo: UC President Michael Drake is pictured. Drake, who plans to step down from his role at the end of the 2024-2025 academic year, held his final all-staff town hall as president Feb. 19. (Zimo Li/Photo editor)


Annual Black Extravaganza promotes community, cultural pride

One of the first decisions organizers made when planning the Black Extravaganza was to cater food from Fixins – a downtown Los Angeles soul food restaurant. Read more...

Photo: Students from the East African Student Association perform at the Black Extravaganza on Feb. 21 in the Covel Commons Grand Horizon Ballroom. The annual event, hosted by the Afrikan Diaspora Living Learning Community, featured performances from Black student organizations on campus. (Brianna Carlson/Daily Bruin staff)


Bernstein family finds strength, community after losing home in Palisades fire

The destruction of Eliana Bernstein’s Pacific Palisades home also threatened the loss of her Westwood apartment. Bernstein, a third-year political science student, said she moved into her apartment just a few days before the Jan. Read more...

Photo: Eliana Bernstein stands in the rubble of her home in Pacific Palisades. Bernstein, a third-year political science student, lost her home in the Palisades fire. (Courtesy of Eliana Bernstein)