Chanting, “Educate, don’t segregate,” about 25 students gathered inside the UCLA admissions office Friday afternoon as part of what they called an occupation to demand that the campus “immediately” double underrepresented minority enrollment.
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UCLA College faculty rejects diversity-related general education requirement
A proposed diversity-related general education requirement was voted down by the UCLA College faculty today.
_Revived Student Advocate USAC position is a step in the right direction_
Whether it is a bothersome university policy or a seemingly unjust grade, students often have concerns that they want addressed.
Appeals court rules that denying same-sex couples benefits is unconstitutional
The Supreme Court may soon be requested to rule on same-sex marriage, after an appeals court ruled today that denying benefits for same-sex couples is unconstitutional.
A three-judge panel of the 1st U.S.
Call for submissions from graduating seniors: six-word memoirs
Graduating seniors: Ernest Hemingway famously showed that there’s a lot you can say in six words (“For sale: baby shoes, never worn.”) Send us a six-word memoir or story about your UCLA experience for the Daily Bruin’s Graduation Issue.
Ambitious UCLA powerlifting team rejects stereotypes about its sport
Bulky, robust men with mounds upon mounds of muscle, likely without a strong inclination toward academia. This is the preconceived notion many people possess about bodybuilders and powerlifters.
California Senate passes bill package aiming to create digital library of free textbooks
The California Senate today passed two bills aimed at lowering textbook costs by thousands of dollars for college students, passing the legislation to the State Assembly for a final vote.
The bills, introduced by Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, will create a library of free or low-cost (!!!)digital textbooks for the 50 most widely taken lower-division courses at California public postsecondary institutions.
The first measure, Senate Bill 1052, was passed by a vote of 32-2.