Category Archives: Campus

UCLA report finds nearly half of same-sex couples in US now married

UCLA researchers released a report Thursday which found 45 percent of all same-sex couples in the United States are now married, compared to 21 percent in 2013. Gary Gates, research director at the Williams Institute, and Taylor Brown, a policy analyst at the Williams Institute, analyzed the impact of court rulings that legalized same-sex marriages […]

Group holds forum to discuss systemic injustice in mass incarceration

Justin Christopher told students and community members Thursday morning he wants others to see formerly incarcerated individuals like himself for what they can offer, rather than labeling them. Christopher, a graduate student and teaching assistant in the Department of African American Studies, was one of the five speakers at “L.A. Beyond the Bars: Justice for […]

Town hall meeting to discuss partnership between student organizations

As a high school teacher, Dani Smith watched students with different backgrounds build a support network that fostered an environment of greater understanding and acceptance. Smith, a graduate student in human development and psychology, said the positive outcomes of the collaboration she witnessed led her to join the board of the Diversity Caucus, an organization […]

UCLA alumni nourish students through Food Depot

UCLA students who do not have access to sufficient food resources can take dried food and canned goods from a recently reopened food closet on Hilgard Avenue. Amir Hakimi and Meelod Daneshvar, UCLA alumni who graduated in 2015, spent last year restoring an unused Food Depot at the University Religious Conference, or URC. The food […]

Former US Rep. Barney Frank talks voter discontent at Hammer forum

A former U.S. congressman told students and community members Tuesday he thinks a big issue in the upcoming presidential election is voters’ deep resentment for the government. Barney Frank, a former Democratic representative for Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives and the first openly gay congressman, spoke at the Hammer Museum to about 300 […]

Sunset Village Learning Center holds 3-D pen workshop

On Nov. 3, the Sunset Village Learning Center hosted a 3-D pen workshop featuring colorful 3Doodler pens. 3Doodler pens are 3-D printing pens that allow freehand creations by spitting heated plastic. Funded by the UCLA Office of Residential Life and UCLA Core Program Funding, this will be the learning center’s first event related to 3-D […]