Friday, March 13

In Plain Sight: Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden staff cultivate connection, education

This post was updated March 8 at 9:55 p.m. Most UCLA students dread taking 8 a.m. lectures – the earliest courses UCLA offers. But by 7:30 a.m., John Cluff – the manager of the Mildred E. Read more...

Photo: Victoria Sork, the director of the Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden, smiles. Staff members at the garden work to keep its 7.5 acres clean and safe. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Students debate activist Chloe Cole at Turning Point USA at UCLA event

UCLA students debated a conservative activist who opposes gender-affirming care for minors at a Turning Point USA event in Bruin Plaza on Wednesday. The event – organized by TPUSA’s West Hollywood and UCLA chapters – was part of a series called “Pick up the Mic” which invites college students to debate Chloe Cole, a speaker who supports banning minors from receiving gender-affirming care after her own gender detransition. Read more...

Photo: Chloe Cole, a conservative activist, debates a student at a Turning Point USA event in Bruin Plaza on Wednesday. Cole said she believes minors should not be allowed to gender transition, adding that those who do may feel happier in the moment, but their quality of life will eventually worsen. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)


USA Judicial Board to hear allegations against USA Elections Board

The USA Elections Board is set to face allegations at a USA Judicial Board hearing Friday that it improperly applied the Elections Code when eliminating a petition-based student fee initiative. Read more...

Photo: An Instagram post outlining a case that will be heard by the USA Judicial Board on Friday is pictured. Jiorden King, the chairperson of the Community Programs Office Student Leadership Council, filed the complain against the USA Elections Board due the removal of CPO’s petition-based student fee initiative. (Joshua Neira/Daily Bruin)


USAC IVP office sanctioned for early campaigning on Bruin Success Referendum

This post was updated March 5 at 10:00 p.m. The Undergraduate Students Association Council internal vice president will be unable to campaign for a referendum he proposed until two weeks into the May USAC election’s designated campaigning period. Read more...

Photo: A USA Elections Board sanction is pictured on a computer. The sanction said the Undergraduate Students Association Council Internal Vice President’s office cannot campaign for a referendum sponsored by the office until two weeks after the campaigning period begins. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UC sponsors state Senate bill that proposes $23 billion research bond

This post was updated March 5 at 9:45 p.m. The UC sponsored a California bill Thursday that would put a $23 billion bond for research funding on the November 2026 ballot. Read more...

Photo: The California State Capitol is pictured. The UC sponsored a California bill Thursday that would put a $23 billion bond for research funding on the November 2026 ballot. (Edward Ho/Daily Bruin)


UCLA community remembers Black Panther students, calls to rename Campbell Hall

This post was updated March 5 at 9:51 p.m. About 30 people gathered in Campbell Hall on Feb. 25 to honor two students and Black Panther Party members who were killed there in 1969 – and to call for the building to be renamed after the activists. Read more...

Photo: Leah Nelson, a second-year political science student, delivers a speech inside Campbell Hall. Community members gathered in the building on Feb. 25 to remember two students and Black Panther Party members who were killed there in in the 1960s. (Chenrui Zhang/Daily Bruin)