This year’s Conversation Cafe was run entirely by students for the first time, which reflected International Education Week’s increasing focus on the international student community as opposed to study abroad programs. Conversation Cafe, which took place Friday, is an annual dialogue-based event that aims to provide students from diverse backgrounds with an informal space to […]
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Hunger Project panel advocates for alleviation of homelessness, spreads awareness
Students and members of nonprofit organizations called for students to be more involved in helping alleviate homelessness by actively spreading awareness and volunteering for organizations that aim to combat homelessness at an event Thursday. Roughly 40 students attended the panel, which was held by Hunger Project at UCLA at the Sunset Recreation Center. Hunger Project […]
National Students for Justice in Palestine conference goes on despite on-campus protest
A Palestinian rights group held its national conference at UCLA amid pushback from the UCLA administration and student groups on campus. The national conference held by National Students for Justice in Palestine began Friday and ended Sunday. Zionist groups unaffiliated with UCLA protested the event Sunday. Gurutam Thockchom, an SJP board member and third-year mathematics […]
UCLA professor files lawsuit against UC for withholding admissions information
A UCLA law professor filed a lawsuit against the University of California for failing to disclose admissions data beginning in 2007. Richard Sander, one of the petitioners and an affirmative action law scholar, alleged in the suit and in his research the UC has illegally factored race in admissions decisions. Proposition 209 amended the California […]
CAPS, engineering school team up to provide tailored counseling
This post was updated Dec. 10 at 2:24 p.m. UCLA now provides specialized counseling for engineering students. Counseling and Psychological Services collaborated with the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science this quarter to provide biweekly drop-in counseling sessions for engineering students as part of the CAPS satellite clinic at the school of […]
USAC recap – Nov. 13
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. This week’s meeting took place in the Ackerman Bruin Viewpoint Room. Watch a livestream of the meetings on the USAC […]
UCLA faces controversy for trademark claim against NSJP conference logo
Students offered both support and condemnation of a recent administrative action against a Palestinian-rights group for using UCLA trademarks in their conference logo. UCLA administrators sent National Students for Justice in Palestine a cease-and-desist letter Oct. 31 regarding the use of a logo to promote the group’s upcoming national conference, which willre be held at […]