Juan Gómez-Quiñones was a Chicano Renaissance man. This means the former UCLA history professor instilled Chicano pride in his students, said Gustavo Arellano, a former graduate student and a Los Angeles Times columnist. Read more...
Photo: Juan Gómez-Quiñones, the co-founder and former director of the Chicano Studies Research Center, died Nov. 11 at the age of 80. He left a lasting impact on the Chicano community and was known for his activism. (Courtesy of Salomón Huerta)
UCLA did not renew a contract for a teaching assistant, who now has to find another way to pay for his cancer treatments and tuition. Hughlin Boyd, a graduate student in the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, received an email from UCLA the day before the start of the fall quarter, informing him that he was ineligible to work as a teaching assistant for the quarter. Read more...
Photo: A UCLA graduate student now has to find other ways to afford his tuition and health care after UCLA canceled his teaching assistant contract. (Esther Li/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated Dec. 6 at 8:47 p.m. Westwood restaurants are preparing for decreased revenue because of a late November ban on in-person dining in Los Angeles County. Read more...
Photo: Westwood restaurants are preparing for decreased revenue because of a ban on in-person dining in Los Angeles County. (Justin Jung/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The North Westwood Neighborhood Council is the official neighborhood council representing Westwood Village and UCLA to the Los Angeles City Council. Council meetings are open to the public and held monthly. Read more...
This post was updated Dec. 6 at 8:53 p.m. Some students are celebrating a new University of California policy that recognizes students’ preferred names and gender identities. Read more...
Photo: Some students are celebrating a new UC policy that recognizes students’ preferred name and gender identity. The policy was announced Nov. 10 and all UC campuses have until the end of 2023 to fully implement it. (Jason Zhu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Some high school seniors said the University of California’s plan for a replacement test could be a better way to evaluate students but worry about the test’s feasibility. Read more...
Photo: Some high school students said the plan for a replacement test could be a good way to evaluate students. However, they added that they’re worried about the test’s feasibility. (Liz Ketcham/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Daily Bruin alumna Anne Stern Berkovitz had a lifelong engagement with UCLA. Anne, who also escaped from Nazi Germany as a child, died peacefully Nov. 4 at the age of 94. Read more...
Photo: Daily Bruin alumna Anne Stern Berkovitz passed away Nov. 4 at the age of 94. (Courtesy of Simone Berkovitz)
