At the end of a successful week of demonstrating peacefully, spreading awareness and listening to some of the most esteemed professors in Los Angeles speak, Students for Justice in Palestine held its keynote seminar on Thursday on the inequality and injustice taking place in Israel.
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Zionism defines cultural pride and faith too
I’m tired. I’m tired because after being a Bruin for four years I am still only able to talk about my passion for Israel with extreme political nuance and trepidation while on my tippy-toes, and the word Zionist has all but disappeared from my vocabulary.
Report on UC Davis pepper-spraying incident delayed
A task force report analyzing last year’s pepper-spraying incident at UC Davis that was scheduled to be released Tuesday has been delayed, according to a statement from the UC Office of the President.
A union representing UC campus police and a police officer at the center of the pepper-spraying incident is expected to request a court order Tuesday to halt the report’s disclosure, officials said Monday.
UPDATED: Protesters rally in 'March for March' at Capitol for higher education funding
Thousands of protesters from across California gathered at the state Capitol in Sacramento Monday afternoon to rally for increased state funding for higher education.
Among the protesters were about 70 students from UCLA, including members of the Undergraduate Students Association Council, said Gilberto Soria, a UCLA representative to the University California Students Association.Â
UC Student Regent Alfredo Mireles was also present at the rally throughout the day.
“The Capitol is jam-packed with students across the state enthusiastic about refunding higher education,” said Mireles, speaking on his cell phone from inside the Capitol.Â
The rally, called “March in March,” was sponsored by UCSA, the California State Students Association and the Student Senate for California Community Colleges.Â
During the day, protesters chanted opposition to budget cuts and declining state funding.
Preparing food, not bombs
Every Thursday, members of UCLA Food Not Bombs meet to cook food which they later distribute to the homeless and hungry at Santa Monica’s Third Street Promenade. See what goes into the preparation and hear why the volunteers keep coming back.
_UCLA students must work to create a hate-free campus_
Hateful words, written on the door of a North Village apartment last week, stirred strong emotional backlash that underscored the malicious nature of the crime.
_UCLA needs to move forward from hurtful incident_
Late Monday afternoon I became aware of an off-campus incident targeting our students in their off-campus place of residence.