This post was updated Oct. 29 at 11:03 p.m. A member of the UCLA administration said at a Friday town hall that student government officials were given months of notice before the creation of new policies governing protests. Read more...
Photo: UCLA’s interim Time, Place and Manner policies are displayed on a computer screen. The Campus Safety Alliance discussed the policies and mental health resources Friday. (Shiv Patel/Daily Bruin senior staff)
In a quiet third-floor Rolfe Hall classroom, evening light streamed through the window shutters as students joined this school year’s first meeting of the Dead Writers Society. Read more...
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This post was updated Oct. 25 at 12:17 a.m. Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro criticized UCLA for teaching left-wing policies and allegedly condoning antisemitism in a Monday speech. Read more...
Photo: Ben Shapiro speaks to an audience. The conservative political commentator and UCLA alumnus spoke Monday in Ackerman Grand Ballroom about the political state of college campuses and the Israel-Hamas War. (Courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons) Photo credit: (Courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons)
This post was updated Oct. 24 at 11:44 p.m. Two health care propositions will ask Californians to decide this November on how to spend revenue from Medi-Cal-related programs. Read more...
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This post was updated Oct. 24 at 11:47 p.m. When Bruins head to the polls this November, they will vote on reforms for city accountability. Measure HH lets voters choose to amend the city charter to give more investigative powers to city officials. Read more...
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Editor’s note: This post was updated Oct. 23 at 7:06 p.m. to clarify Betar’s offer of legal aid. Pro-Palestine organizations at UCLA set up a Gaza solidarity sukkah for nearly 12 hours Monday. Read more...
Photo: Demonstrators participate in the Gaza solidarity Sukkah in Dickson Court Monday. Jewish Voice for Peace at UCLA and Graduate Students for Justice in Palestine at UCLA erected the sukkah – a temporary structure used to celebrate the weeklong Jewish harvest holiday of Sukkot – around 8:45 a.m. (Michael Gallagher/Assistant Photo editor)
A prominent UCLA ecologist on involuntary leave filed a lawsuit against the University earlier this month, alleging wrongful suspension, harassment and racial discrimination. Ecology and evolutionary biology professor Priyanga Amarasekare joined UCLA in 2005, but she was suspended in July 2022 for a year with no pay by then-Chancellor Gene Block. Read more...
Photo: Priyanga Amarasekare leans on a lab table. The professor of ecology and evolutionary biology filed a lawsuit against UCLA and the UC Board of Regents on Oct. 10. (Daily Bruin file photo)
