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Resident assistants reflect on managing confusion, supporting students amid fires

When the Palisades fire broke out Jan. 7, resident assistants in university housing considered their next steps. Syed Tamim Ahmad, the Undergraduate Students Association Council’s international student representative and an RA for Rieber Vista, said there was confusion among RAs about whether they could leave campus. Read more...

Photo: Dorms on the Hill are pictured. Residential assistants communicated with their students and navigated students leaving campus after the onset of the Los Angeles County wildfires. (Ruby Galbraith/Daily Bruin)


Distinguished professor emeritus, renowned urban planner Donald Shoup dies at 86

Donald Shoup, a distinguished professor emeritus whose parking reform ideas inspired generations of students and urban planners, died Feb. 6. He was 86. Shoup, who taught in the urban planning department at the Luskin School of Public Affairs, researched the hidden costs of free parking in cities and spent his career advocating to remove mandatory off-street parking requirements. Read more...

Photo: Donald Shoup stands at a microphone. The renowned urban planning professor of 41 years and scholar on parking died Feb. 6. He was 86 years old. (Courtesy of UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs)


UCLA set to revise Time, Place and Manner policies, expand public expression areas

UCLA is once again set to revise its Time, Place and Manner policies. According to Undergraduate Students Association Council’s External Vice President Javier Nuñez-Verdugo’s notes from a Feb. Read more...

Photo: A flyer containing reminders about UCLA’s Time, Place and Manner policies is shown on the left. On the right and overlapping the flyer, students protest Tuesday in support of Palestine. (Photo by Andrew Diaz/Daily Bruin. Photo illustration by Mia Tavares/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Trump plans to dismantle United States Agency for International Development

The Trump administration announced the dismantling of one of the world’s largest international development aid agencies. After President Donald Trump signed an executive order hours after his inauguration that froze nearly all foreign aid, Elon Musk, who leads the Department of Government Efficiency, announced the administration’s intention of shutting down the United States Agency for International Development. Read more...

Photo: The White House is pictured. The Trump administration announced it would dismantle the United States Agency for International Development. (Courtesy of Matt H. Wade/Wikimedia Commons)


USAC recap – Feb. 11

The Undergraduate Students Association Council condemned the UCLA administration near the end of the council’s Feb. 11 meeting. USAC is the official student government that represents the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Read more...


First Thursdays brings comfort, crafting to community in response to LA fires

This post was updated Feb. 19 at 10:44. Torrential downpour did not stop UCLA students, alumni and Westwood community members from attending February’s fire relief First Thursdays event. Read more...

Photo: Students walk through Carnesale Commons during the “Bruins Love LA” First Thursdays event. The event, typically held outdoors, moved inside to campus because of a rainstorm. (Max Zhang/Daily Bruin)


Multiple pro-Palestine groups protest suspension of SJP, Graduate SJP on campus

This post was updated Feb. 19 at 10:34 p.m. One person was detained after multiple pro-Palestine groups protested at UCLA on Tuesday.   Around 150 people gathered in Dickson Plaza around 2 p.m. Read more...

Photo: Pro-Palestine protesters march past the Mathematical Sciences building. Around 150 people gathered Tuesday to call on the UC to divest from companies associated with the Israeli military and for UCLA to reinstate its chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine and Graduate Students for Justice in Palestine. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)



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