Friday, July 3

USAC divestment resolution draws concerns from Jewish student organizations

Editor’s note: This post was updated to provide retroactive anonymity to a source due to safety concerns. Jewish student organizations raised concerns about transparency and inclusion after the undergraduate student government passed a resolution containing controversial language about Israel. Read more...

Photo: A resolution passed by the Undergraduate Students Association Council on March 2, which called on the University of California to divest from war, was met with concerns about its controversial language about Israel. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Three candidates contend for District 54 Assembly seat, including UCLA staff member

A UCLA staff member is planning to run for a California State Assembly seat that includes the Westwood area. Isaac Bryan, the director of public policy at the UCLA Ralph J. Read more...

Photo: Isaac Bryan, director of the UCLA Black Policy Project and director of public policy at the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies, has launched his bid for the 54th District State Assembly seat. (Courtesy of Mike Dennis)



Bruins for Change: Students work to make American Sign Language accessible through addition of minor

From Jackie Robinson to Cindy Montañez, many Bruins have historically been on the frontlines in taking initiative for social justice issues. Some Bruins are following in their footsteps, using their voices to make change. Read more...

Photo: Third-year students Abby Irby, Rowan O’Bryan and Molly Vendig are behind the initiative to make American Sign Language a minor at UCLA. (Left to right: Courtesy of Abby Irby, Rowan O’Bryan, Molly Vendig)



Hundreds of women opt out of $73M settlement in James Heaps lawsuit

This post was updated March 17 at 4:32 p.m. Hundreds of women who were allegedly sexually assaulted by a former UCLA gynecologist are opting out of a $73 million class-action settlement that was preliminarily approved by a judge in January. Read more...

Photo: Hundreds are opting out of the $73 million settlement to pursue individual litigation against UCLA and former UCLA OB-GYN James Heaps.(Daily Bruin file photo)


LA County to reopen indoor dining, gyms on Monday after moving into red tier

This post was updated March 12 at 3:12 p.m. to reflect new information from the LACDPH.  Los Angeles County will loosen restrictions on indoor dining and other indoor businesses starting Monday after California met a vaccine distribution threshold, state health officials announced Friday. Read more...

Photo: Los Angeles County will move into the red tier of the state’s reopening guidelines starting Sunday after being in the purple tier since August. The county will begin implementing the loosened restrictions Monday. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)