Chancellor Gene Block meets with members of the Daily Bruin Editorial Board every quarter to discuss issues affecting the campus and to explain administrative decisions. At a meeting Monday, Block discussed the Centennial Campaign for UCLA and campus fundraising, his scheduled trips abroad, the new vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion position and funding […]
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Community holds vigil to honor life of UCLA student Brenda Coronel
Fresh flowers, candles, hand-drawn portraits and Greek letters decorated an altar for UCLA student Brenda Coronel at a vigil Monday. Coronel, who was from Salinas and studied political science, was killed in a car accident on April 26 on the 605 Freeway in Los Alamitos. She was 23 years old. Her friends described her as […]
Graduate Students Association election sees drop in voter turnout
This post was updated on May 4 at 6:05 p.m. Voter turnout in this year’s barely-contested graduate student government election dropped to about 8 percent, the lowest since 2012. The Bruins Proud slate took all four Graduate Students Association officer positions, only one of which was contested. The GSA Elections Board certified the election results […]
UCLA’s 12th Relay for Life raises money for American Cancer Society
Losing her mother to cancer sparked Laura Kaufman’s decision to join Colleges Against Cancer as a first-year student at UCLA, and she has participated in Relay for Life every year since. The 24-hour event, which began at noon on Saturday at UCLA, is organized by Colleges Against Cancer to fundraise for the American Cancer Society, […]
Bruins United dominates council after controversial election season
This post was updated on May 3 at 8:16 p.m. About 200 LET’S ACT! supporters gathered in a huddle for more than two hours in Wilson Plaza Friday night after hearing of their slate’s severe losses in last week’s Undergraduate Students Association Council election. Several slate leaders took turns giving speeches, saying how they felt […]
Student group event fee referendum fails
A referendum that would have raised quarterly student fees by $3 to provide more funding for student organizations fell short of the votes needed to pass last week, to the disappointment of some group leaders. “The referendum’s failure hurts because we might not be able to help our programs grow,” said Isabelle Chu, a second-year […]
Heather Rosen to lead Bruins United majority council
This post was updated on May 1 at 9:41 p.m. Bruins United candidates dominated this year’s undergraduate student government election, taking seven of nine contested positions, officials announced Friday night. The slate hasn’t held a majority of seats on the council since 2012. For the first time since 2007, Bruins United candidates took all executive […]