Saturday, April 11


UCLA dining hall reopenings met with excitement, safety concerns

This post was updated April 4 at 4:18 p.m. For the first time in more than a year, UCLA students have been able to return to the tables at some residential dining halls. Read more...

Photo: Aimee Benitez (left) grabbed dinner with Gabriela Lopez (Right) at De Neve Residential Restaurant on Wednesday, the first day the dining hall and Bruin Café opened for limited indoor dining in more than a year. (Constanza Montemayor/Daily Bruin)


Graduate student leaders advocate for dropping GRE requirements in admissions

Graduate student leaders are proposing to eliminate standardized testing as an entrance requirement for UCLA graduate programs. A proposal written by graduate student representatives asked the Academic Senate to recommend that graduate departments eliminate the GRE as a prerequisite for entering programs. Read more...

Photo: Graduate student representatives are arguing for the removal of the GRE as a requirement for graduate program admissions. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)


Nationwide cyberattack targets personal information of some in UC community

Some University of California community members were victims of a nationwide cyberattack that compromised their personal information, UC officials announced Wednesday. The attack affected several universities, government agencies and private companies, a UCnet press release said. Read more...

Photo: A file leak from the file transfer company Accellion may have compromised some University of California community members’ personal information, the UC announced Wednesday. (Lauren Man/Assistant Photo editor)


UC Regents recap — March 17-18

The University of California Board of Regents, the governing body of the UC system, met for its bimonthly meeting on March 17 and March 18 via teleconference. Read more...

Photo: The University of California Board of Regents met for their bimonthly meeting March 17 and March 18. Over the two days, the board discussed equity gaps and admission changes they are making in response to audit reports. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Students celebrate UCLA men’s basketball win, start at least two fires

Hundreds of students rushed to the streets of Westwood on Tuesday night after UCLA men’s basketball advanced to the Final Four of the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2008. Read more...

Photo: Hundreds of UCLA students celebrated Tuesday night’s UCLA men’s basketball victory in the Elite Eight of the NCAA tournament. On Roebling Avenue, students lit objects on fire, prompting a response from both the LAFD and LAPD. (Andy Bao/Daily Bruin staff)


LA County to move into orange tier, further ease restrictions on businesses

This post was updated March 30 at 8:32 p.m. Los Angeles County qualified for a less-restrictive tier of the state’s reopening plan Tuesday, and will allow more businesses to reopen and reduce restrictions on indoor capacity limits starting Monday, state officials announced. Read more...

Photo: Los Angeles County will be able to increase indoor dining capacity and reopen more businesses as the county advances to the less-restrictive orange tier of California’s reopening plan starting Wednesday. (David Rimer/Daily Bruin staff)