Saturday, August 15

In the news:

Li Cai breaks UC Academic Senate policy by leaking internal emails

This post was updated Oct. 12 at 11:11 a.m. Editor’s note: This post has been updated to clarify the details of a letter described in the story. Read more...

Photo: Li Cai, a member of the UCLA Academic Senate’s Committee on Undergraduate Admissions and Relations with Schools and professor of education and psychology, broke Academic Senate policy. Cai leaked internal communications regarding a proposed ethnic studies requirement for UC freshman undergraduate admission. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UCLA Library looks to preserve at-risk archival materials through grant program

UCLA Library’s Modern Endangered Archives Program will preserve at-risk cultural archives with an accessible, digitized landscape through its largest grant ever received. The program funds projects that protect collections facing environmental and political instability, incorrect storage methods or social unrest, according to its website. Read more...

Photo: (Isabella Lee/Illustrations Director) Photo credit: Isabella Lee


Students struggle with poor Wi-Fi connectivity on campus

This post was updated Oct. 6 at 2:08 p.m. to add a statement from Michael Van Norman. When a group of new students approached Tatjana Atcitty asking for directions on campus, she suggested they use the Maps application on their phone – only for them to realize there was no Wi-Fi connection available. Read more...

Photo: A computer sits next to a router. Many Bruins are expressing concern with WiFi connectivity on campus at UCLA. (Anika Chakrabarti/Photo editor)



LAFD, UCPD respond to fires at annual Roebling block party

This post was updated Oct. 2 at 10:05 p.m. Two fires were put out on Roebling Avenue on Thursday night after several individuals lit various objects on fire during the Roebling block party. Read more...

Photo: Two fires broke out on Roebling Avenue on Thursday night as multiple individuals set objects ablaze during the annual Roebling block party. (Jeremy Chen/Assistant Photo editor)