Friday, July 3

Recovering from COVID-19 looks different for many students who had the disease

Some UCLA students said they experienced fatigue and struggled with a lack of motivation while isolating and recovering from COVID-19. Facing the symptoms and isolation of COVID-19 was a shocking experience for Terran Cole, a fourth-year biochemistry student who contracted the virus in January. Read more...

Photo: (Nathan Koketsu/Daily Bruin)


USAC recap – March 9

Public Comment: Prabhdeep Rai, the UCLA California Public Interest Research Group chapter chair and a fourth-year history student, said CALPIRG progressed in its campaigns for clean energy, voter registration, ending oil drilling and affordable textbooks. Read more...


LAPD’s use of Jackie Robinson Stadium as field jail was inappropriate, report finds

The LAPD was unprepared to handle mass arrests, and its use of the UCLA-leased Jackie Robinson Stadium as a detention center during protests against racial inequality was inappropriate, a report released Thursday found. Read more...

Photo: A report released Thursday evaluating the LAPD’s handling of protests in 2020 found that the use of Jackie Robinson Stadium as a field jail was inappropriate. UCLA leases the stadium for its baseball team and allowed the LAPD to use the lot before it was turned into a field jail. (Anika Chakrabarti/Daily Bruin staff)



Social media campaigns provide education about COVID-19 vaccines

Health care workers and public health advocates are using social media to encourage people to get the COVID-19 vaccine and combat misinformation about COVID-19. Anna Yap, a resident physician at UCLA, started an organization in December with a network of physicians after seeing people spreading COVID-19 misinformation online. Read more...

Photo: To tackle misinformation about the new COVID-19 vaccines, doctors and medical professionals are using social media and other platforms to spread accurate information. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)


2 defendants plead not guilty to visa fraud, college admissions scheme

Two Southern California residents pleaded not guilty for allegedly helping international students gain admission to United States colleges, including three University of California schools. Yi Chen, 33, and Yixin Li, 28, allegedly signed contracts with international students and guaranteed them admission to a college of their choice by creating an application package with fabricated transcripts, letters of recommendation, admissions essays and standardized test scores, according to an indictment from Tracy Wilkison, the acting U.S. Read more...

Photo: Two individuals linked to former UCLA alumnus Liu Cai, who helped at least five international students gain admissions to U.S. colleges by fraud, were indicted for conspiracy, visa fraud and aggravated identity theft. (Daily Bruin file photo)