Photo: Minority Report draws attention to historic racism and inequality

UCLA held Minority Report, a theatrical performance that aimed to educate students about diversity and race relations, on Tuesday. The department of social welfare at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs held the event from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Broad Art Center. The goal of the performance was to educate people […]

Photo: Wanda Coleman’s papers on display at Charles E. Young Research Library

Poet Wanda Coleman’s papers will now be publicly available at the UCLA Library Special Collections. The Charles E. Young Research Library held a reception for the collection Thursday, featuring writers such as Tisa Bryant, Harryette Mullen and Austin Straus, Coleman’s husband. Coleman wrote short stories, novels, nonfiction plays and scripts for film and television. She […]

Photo: Dogs and volunteers treat Mattel Children’s Hospital patients to candy

Therapy dogs dressed in Halloween costumes visited patients at Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA on Thursday. This event was organized by the UCLA People-Animal Connection, the hospital’s animal-assisted therapy program. From 10:45 a.m. to 11:15 a.m., 10 human and canine volunteer teams went around the hospital delivering treats to the children and taking photos with them. […]

Photo: Indian Student Union hosts annual Navratri Raas-Garba event

UCLA students performed a cultural dance at the annual Navratri Raas-Garba event Sunday. The Indian Student Union at UCLA hosted the event from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Ackerman Grand Ballroom. Raas and Garba are Indian folk dances performed during the nine-day Hindu festival, Navratri. Raas is danced in pairs, while holding sticks […]

Parents experience college life in UCLA during Bruin Family Weekend

Rolando Morales smiled at his daughter and observed the grandeur of Kerckhoff patio and Moore Hall. Morales wanted to attend UCLA after high school, but did not have the resources, he said. He was proud when his daughter got accepted into UCLA. Morales attended Bruin Family Weekend to visit his daughter, Gabrielle Morales, a first-year […]

Photo: Send Silence Packing display raises awareness for suicide prevention

This post was updated Oct. 22 at 1:30 p.m. Students gathered in Meyerhoff Park Friday for the Send Silence Packing display. The display, organized by the UCLA chapter of Active Minds, featured empty backpacks lined on steps to raise awareness for suicide prevention. The nationally recognized exhibition of 1,100 donated backpacks represents the number of […]

Students go to North Dakota pipeline site in solidarity with tribe

American Indian students from UCLA gathered at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation with signs chanting “protectors, instead of protesters.” “There was one big prayer circle and the ground was there,” said Daniel Streamer, a first-year American Indian studies student. “Everything was peaceful. There’s no violence.” Students from the American Indian Student Association traveled to North […]