The undergraduate student government council voted unanimously Tuesday to authorize the Finance Committee to investigate leaked LET’S ACT! documents that allege members of the slate used students fees to fund election campaigns. The Finance Committee will report its findings to the Judicial Board. The Judicial Board will determine if LET’S ACT! violated any bylaws or […]
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Bruins for Israel campaign seeks to educate students on Zionism
Bruins for Israel recently launched a campaign called “We, the Zionists” to combat negative connotations surrounding Zionism and to teach students about the origins of the movement. Zionism is a national movement advocating for Jewish people’s right to a homeland, said Omer Hit, a third-year neuroscience student and incoming president of Bruins for Israel. For […]
USAC approves resolution to establish nondenominational prayer space
Undergraduate student government officers voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a resolution that calls on administration to establish an on-campus, nondenominational prayer and meditation space. The resolution proposes a permanent prayer and meditation space on campus reserved for students of different faiths or no faith who wish to observe their religious or spiritual practices. UCLA is […]
Students narrate mental health stories at All of Us event
This article was updated on April 15 at 5:57 p.m. Yasmeen Al-Mazeedi walked up to the stage, notes in hand, as one of six students ready to tell their stories. Al-Mazeedi, a fourth-year violin and vocal performance and political science student, was one of six UCLA students who shared their personal experiences with mental illness […]
Mobile Clinic Project at UCLA holds thrift shop event for the homeless
Clothes laid neatly stacked on tables as students lined the hallway outside the Kerckhoff Art Gallery, trying to peep a look at the goods they might be bringing home with them Monday night. The Mobile Clinic Project at UCLA organized its first-ever thrift shop event to collect clothing and other items for homeless individuals in […]
Friends, family celebrate life of Sam Oliver at memorial service
Friends and family gathered at the Sunset Canyon Recreation Center picnic area Sunday to celebrate the life and spirit of Sam Burton Oliver, a fourth-year economics student who died from an apparent suicide Dec. 12 in his Westwood apartment. The memorial service started with a short speech by Brian Pritchard, who was Oliver’s mentor and […]