UCLA students dance for 26 hours without sitting to “take a stand” and raise awareness and money for people affected or infected with HIV/AIDS. Dance Marathon 2019 raised over $330,000 to fund organizations that support children and adults who are affected or infected with HIV/AIDS.
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Letter to the editor: Communications Board defends deliberation and decision of next editor in chief
To the undersigned members of UCLA student media, Thank you for the open letter we received regarding your concern over the appointment of the editor in chief for the Daily Bruin for the 2019-2020 academic year. We appreciate your continued commitment to student media and recognize the tremendous positive impact of all our writers and […]
Letter to the Editor: Latino Medical Students Association stands with undocumented immigrants
This article was updated Sept. 21 at 1:20 p.m. The Latino Medical Student Association at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science wholeheartedly denounces President Donald Trump’s decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. It is unethical and openly targets a vulnerable […]
Letter to the Editor: USAC stands with undocumented Bruins in light of DACA
We, the UCLA Undergraduate Students Association Council, write to show our solidarity with undocumented students on our campus and across the country in light of the rescission of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. We condemn President Donald Trump’s administration’s termination of DACA and any subsequent attempts to persecute Dreamers, many of whom were brought to […]
Denim Day aims to support sexual assault survivors, end victim blaming
The Bruin Consent Coalition laid out pairs of jeans in Meyerhoff Park Wednesday morning as part of Denim Day, a movement that aims to encourage students to support sexual assault survivors and end victim blaming. In the 1990s, the Italian Supreme Court overturned a rape conviction because the woman was wearing tight jeans. Justices concluded […]
Video: Salivary diagnostics testing
Daily Bruin Video pays a visit to a UCLA School of Dentistry laboratory to check out the process of tumor testing through salivary diagnostics. This new technique identifies the presence of disease in human saliva.
UCLA football’s Ka’imi Fairbairn, Kenny Clark named AP All-Americans
Two Bruins, senior kicker Ka’imi Fairbairn and junior defensive tackle Kenny Clark, were named to Associated Press All-America teams Sunday. Fairbairn, the winner of the Lou Groza Award given to the nation’s top placekicker, was selected for the first team and Clark was named to the third team. Fairbairn made 20 of 23 field goals […]