Several Jewish students launched a new UCLA chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace, an organization dedicated to stopping Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, this week. Students formed the new chapter after the Undergraduate Students Association Council voted down a controversial resolution in February calling for UCLA and the University of California to divest from companies […]
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One Heart Source nonprofit program sends volunteers to teach in Africa
A nonprofit organization created by members of the UCLA community is looking for volunteers to teach English and math to students in Africa in upcoming months. Former UCLA students created One Heart Source in 2008 in response to an HIV/AIDS crisis in Tanzania. Alumnus Hori Moroaica founded the organization and is currently its CEO. John […]
Students mobilize in response to divestment resolution
Students are mobilizing for and against a resolution that calls for divestment from companies that profit from the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories. The Undergraduate Students Association Council is set to vote Tuesday on the resolution, which asks for the University of California to divest from specific companies that the resolution claims are complicit […]
Sexual health education campaign provides free testing
The original version of this article contained information that was unclear and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. Student Health Advisory Committee members plan to pass out hundreds of safe sex kits and condoms in the shape of roses in Bruin Plaza Friday as part of a campaign to […]
CSSA celebrates Chinese New Year through culture night
The sounds of rhythmic drumming filled Royce Hall Sunday night as students dressed in red danced gracefully and powerfully to the beat. The performance was part of this year’s Chinese Culture Night, put on by the Chinese Students and Scholars Association. The event was meant to celebrate this Chinese New Year, which fell on Friday […]