This post was updated May 15 at 12:46 p.m. Prospective students said Los Angeles’ diversity, UCLA’s prestige and its reputation for welcoming transfer students convinced them to apply to the university. Roughly 2,000 students and their families and friends attended Bruin Day held for transfer students Saturday, participating in events such as activities fairs, presentations […]
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Class aims to bridge political divide between Hindi and Urdu languages
A UCLA professor aims to bridge the political and cultural divides between students of Indian and Pakistani heritage by bringing them together in a Hindi-Urdu language class. Gyanam Mahajan, an Asian languages and cultures professor, has been teaching the class at UCLA for over a decade. She said she hopes teaching both Hindi and Urdu […]
Student worker union holds protest over frustration with UCPath system
A student workers union protested payroll issues which have left some without pay since the start of the academic year. Roughly 50 student workers from United Auto Workers Local 2865 gathered Friday to protest to show their frustration with UCPath. UCPath is a centralized payroll platform for University of California employees that launched at UCLA […]
Trump’s proposed end to birthright citizenship draws criticism from both sides
This post was updated Nov. 13 at 2:23 p.m. UCLA students and faculty said President Donald Trump’s proposal to abolish birthright citizenship could inflame anti-immigrant rhetoric and is most likely doomed to fail. In an interview with Axios on HBO released Nov. 4, Trump said he would issue an executive order to void the right […]