Monday, April 6

Watermark senior residents speak on adverse effects of eviction notice

This post was updated on April 13 at 10 p.m. When Emiel Meisel and his wife settled in Westwood in 2014, he thought their journeys had come to a close. Read more...

Photo: Ruth Frank (left) and her daughter Carol Frank (right) are pictured in Ruth’s apartment in the Watermark at Westwood. Ruth Frank, who lives in The Watermark at Westwood, met her late husband at UCLA. Jeannine Frank, her other daughter, lived in the same building that her mother lives in now as a student at UCLA. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)



Student-run organization helps immigrants get access to legal services

The day after President Donald Trump announced his executive order banning people from seven Muslim-majority countries, more than 200 law students mobilized to protest and volunteer at the Los Angeles International Airport. Read more...

Photo: A group of UCLA law students is working to help defend immigrants in the current political climate, continuing the efforts of a mobilization that took place four months ago. (Courtesy of Sasha Novis)



New Physics 5 series proposed, to replace 6 series in fall 2017

The UCLA Physics and Astronomy Department is proposing a new physics series for life science majors that would begin fall 2017. Students currently taking the Physics 6: “Physics for Life Sciences Majors” series have until winter 2018 to complete the series before it is discontinued. Read more...

Photo: The physics department proposal will be approved by the Faculty Executive Committee on May 1. (Daniel Leibowitz/Daily Bruin)


Rep. John Lewis awarded UCLA Medal at Winston C. Doby Lecture

As a young man living in Nashville, Tennessee, Rep. John Lewis sat at whites-only lunch counters in protest of segregation and was told that he would get arrested if he continued. Read more...

Photo: Chancellor Gene Block and Rep. John Lewis shook hands after Lewis was awarded the UCLA Medal. (MacKenzie Coffman/Daily Bruin)


Officials combat illegal furniture dumping in Village with workshops

Discarded mattresses and aged couches often line North Village sidewalks, waiting for garbage trucks to pick them up. Students who regularly move or are unaware of rules banning street dumping often leave out old furniture instead of properly getting rid of their bulky items. Read more...

Photo: Councilmember Paul Koretz plans to hold a workshop to educate Westwood residents about alternatives to illegal dumping of furniture and large objects on sidewalks, which is punishable by up to a $10,000 fine. (Erin Gong/Daily Bruin)