Category Archives: Campus

Welcoming a Bruin to the family

Chandler Rubottom cheered Genesis Ramirez on from the softball stands and drove to her mentee’s home late at night to proofread college admission essays. Ramirez, a first-year biology student, rode the bus from her North Hollywood community every other week since sixth grade as a mentee in the student-run Mentorship Program at UCLA. Ramirez will […]

USAC recap – Sept. 22

The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every week on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417 and are open to all students. Watch a live stream of the meetings on the USAC Live! YouTube channel. Agenda The council unanimously approved […]

Rehearsal for Bruin Life event explores diversity at UCLA

It began with a description of an ideal college climate, free of racial discrimination, sexism and homophobia but the presenters soon let their audience know they thought that was not an accurate description of UCLA. In recent years there have been some incidents of discriminatory behavior at UCLA, including offensive stickers outside the Afrikan Student […]

CEC, CAC run out of Bruin Bash wristbands despite guaranteeing admission

This post was updated on Sept. 24 at 3:17 a.m. New and returning students lined up to attend Bruin Bash Monday, only to realize that wristbands to gain access to the free concert ran out by around 4 p.m. Students crowding the Intramural Field the concert shouted protests, upset because the Campus Events Commission and […]

Sororities suspend Bruin Bash publicity after Pi Beta Phi member death

The presidents of all Panhellenic sororities eliminated the competitive aspect of prerecruitment for the remainder of Monday’s events out of respect to Pi Beta Phi following the death of one of its members. The member, a fourth-year Spanish and psychology student, was found dead Monday morning following a fire in her apartment on Roebling Avenue, […]