A leading expert on the geopolitics of Jerusalem explained causes behind unrest in the city and their relation to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at a J Street U event Thursday. Citizens of East Jerusalem have recently started organizing violent protests within the city against the government of Israel. The protests are in part from the culmination […]
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Ongoing Tiverton Drive closure creates frustrations for cyclists
The closure of Tiverton Drive for the construction of a new UCLA Health building has drawn criticism from some cyclists and the UCLA Bicycle Academy. The construction of the Teaching and Learning Center for Health Sciences has been ongoing since September 2013 and is expected to end in fall 2016, according to a university statement. […]
Hundreds of dining hall lockers broken despite renovations
Josh Bayne spent 10 minutes standing in the rain outside Bruin Plate Tuesday night waiting for an open locker with his computer bag in hand. Dozens of lockers were left open along the walls. But as the crowd of wet, frustrated students milling around Bayne quickly discovered, none of the open lockers worked. “I take […]
Armenian Students’ Association holds town hall on divestment resolution
The Armenian Students’ Association held a town hall Thursday to educate students about and receive feedback on a resolution it plans to bring to the undergraduate student government calling for the University of California Board of Regents to divest from the Republic of Turkey. From 1915 until 1923, Turkish authorities massacred about 1.5 million Armenians […]
Students Dance to Unified Beat at Silent Disco
Discrimination prevention officers to bring legal expertise to UCLA
More than a year after an internal report urged UCLA to better address discrimination on campus, two new officers are starting to examine the university’s discrimination policies for faculty and reach out to members of the campus community. By the end of the school year, Discrimination Prevention Officers Lillie Hsu and Dion Raymond – both […]
Graduate students oppose proposed cancellation of Big Blue Bus line
The graduate student government unanimously voted Wednesday to urge UCLA Transportation to ask the Big Blue Bus to halt the cancellation of one of its major bus routes. Route 12, which goes from Palms to UCLA and stops near several graduate student apartment complexes, is tentatively set to close in the summer of 2015 if […]