Organization to make news app with bias rating system, offer different perspectives

Current and former UCLA students are developing a mobile news platform focused on informing readers about the possible bias in news. MDL GRND is an organization that aims to keep millennials informed on current events while presenting news from all sides of the political spectrum. The platform will feature articles from various news organizations of […]

UCLA’s East and West African communities come together for a week of unity

Nearly 40 UCLA students from across the continent of Africa gathered in Rieber Hall last week to promote unity between African student groups on campus. The UCLA East African Student Association and Nigerian Student Association at UCLA held their first annual East Meets West Week from Tuesday to Friday. The four-day event aimed to unite […]

Germany-based long-distance intercity bus line to open stop near UCLA

A new bus company will allow students to travel long distances with a stop near campus. FLiXBUS brought its services to UCLA in June, with a pickup location on Strathmore Plaza and Gayley Avenue. FLiXBUS, which was founded in 2013, aims to break the stigma of riding buses with features such as leather seats, new, […]

Communication department manager Jane Bitar receives chancellor’s award, retires after 37 years

Nour Dabboussi said that Jane Bitar was a bubble of happiness and someone students could always run to for help. Bitar, former manager of the department of communication, retired this June after working at UCLA for 37 years. Dabboussi, who graduated in June, said she met Bitar at orientation during her first quarter at UCLA […]

Graduate student to release book sharing experiences of life as a foster child

Christian Green was born in the San Bernardino City Jail. He lived with his grandmother until she passed away when he was 15 years old, and moved into a foster home afterward. Green, a graduate student in the department of African American Studies, is sharing his experiences of living in the foster care system in […]

Students host event aimed to promote unified indigenous cultures on campus

UCLA alumni who participated in a hunger strike in 1993 said at an event Tuesday they faced racial and cultural barriers as indigenous students. The Eagle and the Condor Liberation Front, a student-led organization that promotes the unity of indigenous peoples, hosted an event to honor the 14-day sit-in and hunger strike in 1993 that […]

Graduate student unearths ancient Egyptian life stories from burial texts

A UCLA student discovered that ancient Egyptians used material objects to construct their social identities just as people do today. Marissa Stevens, a graduate student in the department of Near Eastern languages and cultures, studied how ancient Egyptians used funerary papyri to convey social status and personalities by examining social documents buried with the dead. […]