This post was updated May 27 at 8:57 p.m. California is a long way from achieving racial equity for teachers, according to two recent studies conducted by the Civil Rights Project at UCLA. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA School of Education & Information Studies is pictured. The Civil Rights Project, an institute within the school, recently published two studies regarding racial equity for teachers in California. (Shane Yu/Daily Bruin staff)
Elizabeth Kemper, a legal rights advocate for UCLA students, is retiring after 40 years. Kemper, director of UCLA Student Legal Services, will retire at the end of the 2023-2024 academic school year, leaving behind a legacy of decades-long advocacy and efficiently meeting the legal challenges students face. Read more...
Photo: Elizabeth Kemper, pictured outside Royce Hall, is retiring from her role as director of Student Legal Services after 40 years in the office. (Courtesy of Elizabeth Kemper)
The Undergraduate Students Association Council held its third meeting of May on Tuesday. USAC is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Read more...
This post was updated May 29 at 5:43 p.m. Editor’s note: This article was updated to reflect a change in the court date for the arrested individual. Read more...
Photo: A pro-Palestine protester and counter-protester are pictured at the first Palestine solidarity encampment at UCLA. On Thursday, UCPD made its first arrest related to the counter-protester attack on the encampment April 30. (Jeremy Chen/Photo editor)
Editor’s note: The following article contains a description of a reported sexual battery incident. UCPD is searching for an individual suspected of an off-campus sexual battery incident that occurred Thursday afternoon. According to a crime alert sent Friday, the suspect reportedly grabbed the victim by the shoulder and thrusted his pelvis against the victim’s buttocks at the southwest corner of Le Conte Avenue and Broxton Avenue at around 3:30 p.m. Read more...
This post was updated May 24 at 2:13 a.m. Pro-Palestine protesters staged a sit-in inside Dodd Hall following a police-led sweep of a second Palestine solidarity encampment and a graduate student union rally earlier in the day. Read more...
Photo: Protesters stand outside Dodd Hall with a sign reading, “UCLA Faculty and Staff, we stand with our students.” An occupation and protest at Dodd Hall began this afternoon after a police-led sweep of a second Palestine solidarity encampment. (Aidan Sun/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated May 25 at 6:29 p.m. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Neither an unapologetic condemnation of campus antisemitism nor an acknowledgment that he should’ve cleared UCLA’s encampment sooner appeared to save Chancellor Gene Block from strong – and, at times, aggressive – questioning from federal lawmakers Thursday. Read more...
Photo: Gene Block testifies before the House Education and the Workforce Committee about antisemitism and his administration’s handling of recent protests. (Shaanth Kodialam/Daily Bruin senior staff)
