Thursday, March 26

Administrators prohibit depictions of UCLA from student film about activism

UCLA administrators prevented UCLA’s Film and Photography Society from making a historical film about UCLA student activism with any information identifying the UCLA brand. The film, prospectively titled “Good Morning Murphy Hall,” sought to depict the anti-war protest efforts at UCLA following the Persian Gulf War and United States troop mobilization in the Middle East. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA Film and Photography Society was denied approval to portray the university in a short film about a 1991 student protest (pictured). (Daily Bruin file photo)


April edition of First Thursdays introduces Arts Avenue to Westwood

More than 3,800 Bruins and Westwood community members gathered for an artistic take on the First Thursdays block party to kick off spring quarter. Live music, interactive community projects, food trucks and immersive art installations turned Broxton Avenue into Arts Avenue for April’s edition of the community-oriented celebration. Read more...

Photo: Community members paint on a canvas as part of the Community Collaboration booth at First Thursdays’ Arts Avenue. (Grace Wilson/Daily Bruin)



UCLA updates COVID guidelines, scales back test collection across campus

UCLA will update its COVID-19 protocols and discontinue multiple testing distribution and vending machine locations, the university announced in a campuswide email Wednesday. The changes align with the new Los Angeles County Department of Health COVID-19 guidelines released in March. Read more...

Photo: (Michael Vigman/Daily Bruin) A COVID-19 test vending machine is pictured. UCLA will discontinue multiple vending machine and collection box locations on April 14.


North Westwood Neighborhood Council to return to in-person meetings after 3 years

The North Westwood Neighborhood Council is set to return to in-person meetings April 19 after three years of online meetings. California reinforced the Ralph M. Brown Act – which requires all public commissions, councils and governmental bodies conducting business to meet in person – on Feb. Read more...

Photo: Pictured is Weyburn Terrace. The North Westwood Neighborhood Council is set to return to in-person meetings April 19 after three years of conducting meetings over Zoom. (Daily Bruin file photo)


USAC passes Armenian solidarity resolution urging awareness, support from UCLA

The Undergraduate Students Association Council unanimously passed a resolution March 14 in solidarity with the Armenians of Artsakh, also known as Nagorno-Karabakh, which implored UCLA to denounce anti-Armenian sentiment and support Armenian students. Read more...

Photo: People gather around candles in front of Powell Library. The Undergraduate Students Association Council passed a resolution in support of the Armenians of Artsakh. (Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)


The university librarian since 2013, Virginia Steel will retire at the end of 2023

The UCLA Norman and Armena Powell University Librarian Virginia Steel will retire at the end of 2023, the university announced Thursday.  Steel, who has been the university librarian since 2013, leads nearly all the campus libraries. Read more...

Photo: Powell Library is pictured. The UCLA librarian Virginia Steel will retire at the end of 2023, with the search for her successor set to begin in the spring. (Daily Bruin file photo)