In 10th grade, I was given a booklet that contained a long list of common arguments “anti-Israel” people make, and how to counter them with the “facts.” Read more...

Photo: YIN FU/daily bruin (Left) Noor Teebi, a fourth-year environmental science student, speaks with Mashal Ali, a third-year geography and environmental studies student, in front of a “mock apartheid wall” in Bruin Plaza Tuesday. The wood panels were set up by members of Students for Justice in Palestine and are intended to symbolize the separation barrier that borders the West Bank. (Right) As part of the day’s events, students wrote notes to send to children in the Gaza Strip.

In the last few years, UCLA has experienced a great influx of international students, with a 6 percent increase this past fall alone. In an effort to better address the needs of this growing population, the International Student Advisory Council was founded at the end of last quarter. Read more...