Newly appointed Student Regent Alexis Zaragoza said she will advocate for equity for underrepresented demographics in the University of California system. Zaragoza, a rising fifth-year geography student from UC Berkeley, will serve from 2021 to 2022. Read more...
Photo: Alexis Zaragoza, the 2021-2022 UC student regent, said she will advocate for equity for underrepresented students and staff in the UC. (Medha Vallurupalli/Daily Bruin)
The hashtag #ChallengeAccepted has swept social media platforms in recent weeks, adding femicide in Turkey to the growing expanse of social media activism in the COVID-19 age. Read more...
Photo: Social media has seen a new activism hashtag, #ChallengeAccepted, to raise awareness for femicide in Turkey. (Photo illustration by Ashley Kenney/Assistant Photo editor).
Black and Latino residents of Los Angeles County are about twice as likely as their white counterparts to die from COVID-19 complications. A study published July 27 by the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Initiative, compared COVID-19 case and death rates in LA County across several ethnic, racial and income demographics. Read more...
Photo: Black and Latino Los Angeles County residents are about two times more likely to die from COVID-19 complications, according to a UCLA study. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Students and community organizers are looking to establish a community fridge in Westwood Village to combat food insecurity in Westwood during the pandemic. Community fridges are public refrigerators filled with free fresh groceries, meals and produce open to anybody without limits or restrictions on how much one can take. Read more...
Photo: Students hope to create a community fridge in Westwood to provide fresh groceries to those who are food insecure. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The University of California system received $2.65 billion from a California state sale of revenue bonds which will help finance projects across UC campuses. Revenue bonds are a type of municipal bond, which function like loans and are sold to fund projects. Read more...
Photo: The University of California received $2.65 billion from the state sale of revenue bonds. Some of the money will be used for seismic improvements at Franz Hall. (Daanish Bhatti/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Aug. 9 at 9:51 a.m. In 2019, Megan Lynch hurt her hand parking her bike because the bike rack was not accessible, further affecting her pre-existing disability that causes pain in her hands and arms. Read more...
Photo: UC Access Now, which launched on the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, pushes for the University of California to be more accessible for disabled students. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)
More than 20 student organizations have endorsed a student government resolution calling on UCLA to rename a campus landmark after a Native American tribe that originally inhabited Los Angeles. Read more...
Photo: An Undergraduate Students Association Council resolution calling on UCLA to rename Janss Steps to Tongva Steps to honor the Indigenous Gabrielino-Tongva people who originally inhabited Los Angeles was unanimously passed July 28. (Daily Bruin file photo)
