On April 25, the UC Divest Coalition and Students for Justice in Palestine at UCLA set up around 30 tents to demand that the UC divest from companies associated with the Israeli military. As the war in Gaza passed its 200th day, students and community members began the encampment as part of a national call to action expressing solidarity with the people of Palestine. The encampment was later attacked by counter-protesters and was disbanded by law enforcement May 2. Since then, faculty members have issued statements condemning the use of police force against students, and students have led rallies and sit-ins.
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For the Daily Bruin’s full coverage on the UC Divest Coalition and Students for Justice in Palestine at UCLA encampment, see here. Contracts obtained by the Daily Bruin outlined costs associated with policing on campus. Read more...
Photo: Police officers in front of Kaplan Hall on May 2 are pictured. Contracts obtained by the Daily Bruin outlined costs associated with policing on campus. (Myka Fromm/Photo editor)
This post was updated May 31 at 5:20 p.m. Editor’s note: This post was updated to remove the arrested student’s name due to safety concerns. UCPD arrested and charged a student with battery near Perloff Hall on Wednesday afternoon. The arrested student struck an on-duty security officer’s hand while the officer was holding his phone near Murphy Hall and was then arrested near Perloff Hall, according to a Thursday UCPD news release. Read more...
This post was updated June 4 at 9:44 p.m. Students arrested for participating in the Palestine solidarity encampment have been called for student hearings by the Office of Student Conduct. Read more...
Photo: Murphy Hall, which houses UCLA administration offices, is pictured. The Office of Student Conduct has summoned students arrested for participating in the Palestine solidarity encampment for hearings. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated June 5 at 7:51 p.m. Recent demonstrations at UCLA have raised questions regarding First Amendment rights and protections afforded to those participating in protests, encampments and other forms of activism on the public school’s campus. Read more...
Photo: The Palestine solidarity encampment outside Royce Hall is pictured. (Julia Zhou/Photo editor)
This post was updated May 24 at 2:13 a.m. Pro-Palestine protesters staged a sit-in inside Dodd Hall following a police-led sweep of a second Palestine solidarity encampment and a graduate student union rally earlier in the day. Read more...
Photo: Protesters stand outside Dodd Hall with a sign reading, “UCLA Faculty and Staff, we stand with our students.” An occupation and protest at Dodd Hall began this afternoon after a police-led sweep of a second Palestine solidarity encampment. (Aidan Sun/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated May 25 at 6:29 p.m. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Neither an unapologetic condemnation of campus antisemitism nor an acknowledgment that he should’ve cleared UCLA’s encampment sooner appeared to save Chancellor Gene Block from strong – and, at times, aggressive – questioning from federal lawmakers Thursday. Read more...
Photo: Gene Block testifies before the House Education and the Workforce Committee about antisemitism and his administration’s handling of recent protests. (Shaanth Kodialam/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated May 24 at 2:47 a.m. United Auto Workers Local 4811 called its UCLA members to strike beginning May 28. The move comes after the union – which represents academic student employees, graduate students, and academic and postdoctoral researchers – called upon its members at UC Santa Cruz to “stand up” May 20 as the first UC campus to strike. Read more...
Photo: Members of UAW 4811 – which represents academic student employees, graduate students, and academic and postdoctoral researchers – picket outside a Palestine solidarity encampment on Kerckhoff patio Thursday morning. (Aidan Sun/Daily Bruin)
