The third annual Los Angeles Women’s March featured Cheeto-themed chants and posters, pink “pussy” hats and conversations about intersectional feminism. Thousands of protestors, including dozens of UCLA students, gathered in Downtown Los Angeles on Saturday to show their support for women’s rights, but also immigrants’ rights, racial equality and health care reform. Turnout was lower […]
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USAC recap – Jan. 8
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417 and are open to all students. Watch a livestream of the meetings on the USAC Live! channel on YouTube. Special Presentations: Representatives from the Good Clothes […]
California’s high cut score leads to disproportionately low pass rate on bar exam
Hundreds of law students fail the bar exam in California, but would pass with the same score elsewhere due to varying standards between states. California has the second-highest cut score, or minimum score required to pass the exam. California students must score a 1440 out of 2000 to pass, compared to the national average of […]
USAC recap – fall 2018
Claire Fieldman, president: Platforms: Fieldman promised to reform sexual violence prevention training for incoming, new and returning students. She promised to increase transparency of the administration’s emergency decision-making and enhance emergency preparedness trainings. She also promised to build a women’s leadership network of students, faculty and alumni. Quarter recap: Fieldman’s office will submit its proposal […]
Gene Block, vice chancellors discuss event security, Title IX and emergencies
Chancellor Gene Block meets with the Daily Bruin Editorial Board every quarter to discuss issues affecting campus and explain administrative policies. At the meeting Tuesday, Block, Administrative Vice Chancellor Michael Beck, Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Jerry Kang and Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Monroe Gorden Jr. spoke about the administration’s response to […]
Photo: CALPIRG shows students the influence bees have on Thanksgiving meals
Students at the UCLA chapter of the California Public Interest Research Group, an advocacy group, showed students on Bruin Walk on Tuesday how Thanksgiving dinners would be limited without bees as part of its Save the Bees campaign. If bees die out, everything from green beans to apple pie to squash would be lost from […]
Student media and student government dispute over recording of USAC meeting
This post was updated Nov. 21 at 3:51 p.m. Student media and student government disputed student journalists’ right to record a council meeting Tuesday and Nov. 13. Ha’am newsmagazine Editor-in-Chief Yosef Nemanpour was urged by Undergraduate Students Association Council members to turn off his livestream of the council’s discussion about a free speech resolution Nov. […]