UCLA law students are reacting with frustration to the law school dean’s response to a professor’s xenophobic blog posts, according to a student law organization.
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Annual Ally Week celebrates the LGBTQQIA community
Armando Huipe has an alternate personality. Her name is Charon and tonight she will be wearing a Ke$ha-inspired black and gold dress to prom.
Huipe is one of the hundreds of UCLA students attending the third annual Pride Prom, an event celebrating the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and its allies.
“We see it as a kind of second chance at prom ““ this time, you get to go with the person you really wanted to go with,” said Darlene Tran, third-year psychology student and recruitment chair of Gamma Rho Lambda, a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, queer, intersexed and allied sorority for anyone who identifies herself as female.
Gamma Rho Lambda is co-hosting tonight’s event with Delta Lambda Phi, a fraternity for gay, bisexual and progressive men.
This year’s theme is “Burlesque,” inspired by the eponymous movie starring Christina Aguilera.
Huipe, who just finished his term as president of Delta Lambda Phi, said he attended two proms in high school.
UCLA institute releases survey of high schools
All Kelly Maloney needed was a couple dozen copies. He wanted to give his high school English students a practice Advanced Placement exam.
Second annual SHAG’d educates UCLA about sexual health
Today, UCLA celebrates its second annual Sexual Health Awareness and Gender Day, or SHAG’d, hosted by the undergraduate student government.
Alexandra Wallace apologizes, announces she will no longer attend UCLA
Alexandra Wallace announced she will no longer be attending UCLA in an apology letter released to the Daily Bruin on Friday.
Wallace, the creator of the ““Asians in the Library” video that went viral last Sunday, released a statement through a spokesman for the Wallace family.
The letter comes the day UCLA announced that it will not take action against Wallace for the video.
Below is Wallace’s full letter:
In an attempt to produce a humorous YouTube video, I have offended the UCLA community and the entire Asian culture. I am truly sorry for the hurtful words I said and the pain it caused to anyone who watched the video. Especially in the wake of the ongoing disaster in Japan, I would do anything to take back my insensitive words. I could write apology letters all day and night, but I know they wouldn’t erase the video from your memory, nor would they act to reverse my inappropriate action.
I made a mistake. My mistake, however, has lead to the harassment of my family, the publishing of my personal information, death threats, and being ostracized from an entire community. Accordingly, for personal safety reasons, I have chosen to no longer attend classes at UCLA.
Alexandra Wallace
UCLA law professor says Alexandra Wallace's YouTube video constitutionally protected, police still investigating threats
Police are still investigating the nature of the e-mail and phone call threats made against Wallace, said university spokesman Phil Hampton on Wednesday.
*UPDATED:* UCLA student's YouTube video 'Asians in the Library' prompts death threats; violent responses criticized as equally damaging
A UCLA student has received multiple death threats in response to her video “Asians in the Library,” which was posted Friday.
In the video, third-year political science student Alexandra Wallace makes a number of disparaging comments about Asian students.