Wednesday, April 8




Legal experts urge DACA recipients to renew status by Thursday deadline

Legal experts urge undocumented students to visit campus resources as the deadline to renew their Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status approaches. Last month, President Donald Trump ended DACA, a program that deferred deportation for undocumented individuals brought to the United States as children. Read more...

Photo: The Bruin Resource Center, located in the Student Activities center, provides legal resources for undocumented students. (Daily Bruin File Photo)


Social welfare caucus to connect grad students, mental health experts

This post was updated Oct. 2 at 9:33 p.m. A caucus aimed at helping social welfare graduate students learn about mental health will hold its first meeting Thursday. Read more...

Photo: Guillermo Ojeda and Macy Ragole are creating the Mental Health Caucus to provide collaboration and networking opportunities in mental health for graduate students studying social welfare. (Michael Zshornack/Photo editor)


UCLA student fills WWNC vacancy, hopes to promote safety in Westwood

The Westwood Neighborhood Council’s newest member, Naomi Kisel, became interested in city politics after hearing stories about her family’s experiences in the Soviet Union. She said her grandmother was persecuted for her Christian faith, for example. Read more...

Photo: Naomi Kisel, a third-year political science and Russian language student, joined the Westwood Neighborhood Council at the council’s August meeting. Kisel said she was inspired to work in local politics after hearing about her family’s experiences in the former Soviet Union. (Michael Zshornack/Photo editor)


Former podcast network employee sues UC regent for coercion, retaliation

A former employee of a podcast network is suing a University of California regent for brandishing weapons to compel him to falsify advertising data. In September, Raymond Hernandez, a former employee of podcast network PodcastOne, filed a lawsuit at the Los Angeles Superior Court against UC Regent Norman Pattiz and other defendants. Read more...

Photo: Former podcast employee Raymond Hernandez filed a lawsuit at the Los Angeles Superior Court against UC Regent Norman Pattiz saying he brandished a loaded firearm at him and told him to falsify podcast data. (Daily Bruin file photo)