Students are concerned about the limited spots and effectiveness of a state program in which scholarships are awarded to students who complete a certain amount of community service hours. Read more...
Photo: Starting in spring quarter, students can apply for a new state program that would allow them to receive scholarships in return for community service. (Ashley Kenney/Photo editor)
Health experts and LGBTQ+ advocates are raising questions regarding the legitimacy of the deferral period for LGBTQ+ individuals who wish to donate blood. Men who have sex with men, or MSM, are currently required to abstain from sexual activity for three months before being eligible to donate blood, as mandated by the Food and Drug Administration. Read more...
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Uncertainty and isolation caused a surge in social media use during the COVID-19 pandemic and made people more vulnerable to engaging with pandemic-related conspiracy theories, researchers from UCLA and other universities found. Read more...
Photo: An individual searches for COVID-19 on Twitter. A team of researchers from UCLA and other universities across the country found that social media enabled and reinforced the spread of misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic. (David Rimer/Assistant Photo editor)
UCLA student leaders decided Friday to continue their sit-in at Murphy Hall after an inconclusive meeting with UCLA administrators regarding improved accessibility, education equity and retention. Read more...
Photo: Students will continue their sit-in at Murphy Hall to push UCLA administrators to increase accessibility, equity and retention. (Justin Jung/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated August 19 at 11:11 p.m. Associated Students UCLA’s new Kerckhoff Coffee House merchandise was met with both excitement and letdowns. Kerckhoff Coffee House is UCLA’s oldest coffee shop on campus, opening in 1976. Read more...
Photo: Kerckhoff Coffee House introduced its new merchandise and held a giveaway on the Associated Students UCLA Instagram to generate interest. (Ashley Kenney/Photo editor)
The FBI charged Matthew Harris, the former UCLA philosophy researcher taken into custody earlier this week, on Tuesday with making threats across state lines to harm or kidnap. Harris is scheduled to appear in a Denver court Thursday, according to court documents and a statement from Laura Eimiller, an FBI spokesperson for the Los Angeles field office. Read more...
This post was updated March 4 at 3:23 p.m. Editor’s note: This article contains mentions of disturbing topics, including pornographic content, misogyny, pedophilia, threats of interpersonal and mass violence, racism, antisemitism and anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric. Read more...
