Friday, April 10

UCLA will now allow graduating students up to 2 guests at commencement ceremonies

Current graduating students will be permitted two guests to accompany them at their in-person spring commencement ceremony, UCLA announced in a campuswide email Friday.  Following the continued decline of COVID-19 cases in Los Angeles County and recent decisions made by county public health officials, the university will be holding outdoor processions for commencement at Drake Stadium, said Monroe Gorden, vice chancellor for student affairs, in the statement. Read more...

Photo: UCLA announced Friday that graduating students will be permitted to bring two guests to their in-person spring commencement ceremony. (Ashley Kenney/Assistant Photo editor)



UCLA ranked No. 5 nationally in QS World University Rankings

UCLA was ranked No. 5 nationally in the QS Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings: USA report released Wednesday. This year is the second year that QS, an analytics organization in global higher education, ranked more than 350 of the top universities in the United States. Read more...

Photo: UCLA ranked No. 5 among more than 350 colleges and universities nationally in a QS Quacquarelli Symonds report released Wednesday. (Ashley Kenney/Assistant Photo editor)




At a Distance: Students, faculty discuss continued violence against pro-democracy protesters in Myanmar

Bruins come from all around the world, from Colombia to Bangladesh. Because of the pandemic, many international Bruins are currently residing in their home countries. In “At a Distance,” Daily Bruin writers will look at events around the world Bruins care about and give a student’s perspective on the topics. Read more...

Photo: (Katelyn Dang/Daily Bruin)


USAC presidential candidate Moises Hernandez issues apology for past comments

Editor’s note: This article contains discussions of racial slurs. The Daily Bruin uses “n-word” as a placeholder. Undergraduate student government presidential candidate Moises Hernandez apologized Wednesday amid criticism about his hesitancy to endorse the Black Lives Matter movement on behalf of an organization and his past use of the n-word. Read more...

Photo: USAC presidential candidate Moises Hernandez issued a statement apologizing for his previous comments. (Courtesy of Moises Hernandez)