In the hysteria and insanity that engulf every year’s undergraduate student government election, one detail goes unnoticed: how big a role a labyrinthine system plays in determining the council’s general representatives. Read more...
Photo: During Undergraduate Students Association Council elections, candidates for general representative positions are elected through a convoluted tabulation system that few students know about. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Latino and low-income students at UCLA must ensure the campus administration applies for the university to become a Hispanic-serving institution. The U.S. Department of Education defines an HSI as an institution that has an enrollment of undergraduate full-time students that is at least 25 percent Hispanic. Read more...
On a campus of 44,000, you have to get creative to get people to show up to your club activities. Students rely on everything from dancing to tunes on Bruin Walk to channeling their inner meme expertise on social media to get turnout at their events. Read more...
Photo: Bruin Republicans announced earlier this month that it would be hosting alt-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos, later cancelling the event after objections from some of its student leaders. The organisation needs to realize that these kinds of shock tactics are pointless and merely give a platform to and legitimize extremists. (Amy Dixon/Assistant Photo editor)
Westwood Forward, a student-led coalition, came together last quarter and professed the need for Westwood to change to meet students’ and community members’ needs. The group presented a vision and established contacts with the City of Los Angeles to bring its goals to fruition. Read more...
As a parent of two students in the Beverly Hills Unified School District and a lecturer at UCLA, I disagree with the opinion column titled, “Opinion editors: Beverly Hills Unified’s incessant lawsuits are at Angelenos’ expense” published in the Daily Bruin. Read more...
Step aside, Bruin Bear. UCLA has a new contestant for school mascot – the Bird scooter. One night, the community went to sleep peacefully. The next morning, the Birds had appeared in large packs around the neighborhood – a silent mechanical invasion. Read more...
Photo: (Rachel Bai/Daily Bruin)
