Some UCLA students are calling on the university to partially refund tuition and fees because of the university’s switch to online learning at the beginning of winter quarter. Read more...
Photo: With the beginning of the quarter starting online, some UCLA students are pushing for partial refunds on tuition and fees. (Joseph Jimenez/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Feb. 1 at 6:17 p.m. Dozens of UCLA students and community members staged a sit-in protest on Monday in front of Chancellor Gene Block’s office in Murphy Hall. Read more...
Photo: Students and other members of the UCLA community staged an indefinite sit-in protest Monday in Murphy Hall, demanding a meeting with administrators regarding remote learning options as UCLA returns to in-person learning. (Justin Jung/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The Undergraduate Students Association Council voted Wednesday to place the Education, Access, and Retention NOW! referendum, a measure to charge undergraduate students $5 a quarter for spaces and resources for Black students and transfer students on the USAC elections ballot, pending approval by Chancellor Gene Block and the University of California Office of the President. Read more...
California Assembly members reintroduced a bill Jan. 6 that would create a universal health care system within the state of California. Assembly Bill 1400, or the California Guaranteed Health Care for All Act, intends to replace private insurance and cover health care for all Californians. Read more...
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Students and community members called for the firing of the Community Programs Office’s director and associate director in a virtual town hall Thursday evening. The Mother Organizations coalition, a coalition made up of UCLA student organizations including the Afrikan Student Union, the American Indian Student Association, the Asian Pacific Coalition and MEChA de UCLA, organized a Zoom town hall meeting to discuss claims that the CPO fosters a hostile workplace and refuses to be transparent with student funds. Read more...
Photo: The Community Programs Office is currently housed in the Student Activities Center. CPO faces allegations of creating hostile work environments from student groups that are part of the Mother Organizations Coalition. (Finn Chitwood/Daily Bruin)
Students and professors expressed concerns with the varying levels of COVID-19 testing accessibility across the University of California system amid an impending return to in-person classes. Read more...
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When Gaspar Rivera-Salgado became the director of the Center for Mexican Studies, he soon received invitations to collaborate with colleagues in Mexico and the Consulate General of Mexico in Los Angeles. Read more...
Photo: Labor studies lecturer and Labor Center project director Gaspar Rivera-Salgado was appointed as director of the Center for Mexican Studies in July 2021. He is now working to connect academic researchers and universities across the U.S.-Mexico border and use the position to make a difference in political issues. (Sakshi Joglekar/Assistant Photo editor)
