Category Archives: Campus

USAC to discuss proposed tuition hike, divestment meeting logistics

The undergraduate student government will hold a special meeting Wednesday to address proposed tuition increases and to confirm the logistics of the Nov. 18 divestment resolution meeting. Internal Vice President Avinoam Baral is scheduled to release the meeting agenda by Sunday night. The meeting will take place Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417, after […]

CSU hires Pamela Thomason as systemwide Title IX compliance officer

UCLA’s sexual harassment and Title IX officer Pamela Thomason is leaving the university to oversee Title IX training and education within the California State University system, UCLA officials announced Friday. Title IX prohibits discrimination based on gender. A Title IX compliance officer processes campuswide Title IX complaints, including reports of sexual harassment, assault and stalking. […]

Obituary: Anthropology professor, LGBT studies program cofounder dies at 86

Peter B. Hammond, an anthropology professor who helped to establish the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender studies program at UCLA, died of Alzheimer’s in Los Angeles on Oct. 4. He was 86. “He was known for being personally and socially invested in the lives and scholarship of his students for his 33 years at UCLA,” […]

Bruins for Israel react to Palestine Awareness Week in press release

Bruins for Israel said it will deliberately refrain from any counter-protests in response to Palestine Awareness Week, according to a group statement released Thursday. In the press release, Bruins for Israel members said they do not want to bring attention to the week of events put on by Students for Justice in Palestine. Group members […]

Indus celebration brings flavors of South Asia to UCLA

The student organization Indus will celebrate two South Asian holidays this weekend, Diwali and Eid, with a night of free food, performances and dancing. The celebration will take place Friday in Ackerman Grand Ballroom at 6 p.m. Indus is a South Asian cultural organization that seeks to promote unity among the countries, religions and cultures […]

Budget cuts push UCLA newsmagazines to move online

Many UCLA newsmagazines have stopped printing and are moving entirely online in response to limited funding and print readership.

The student-run news outlets include La Gente, Al-Talib, OutWrite, Ha’Am, and FEM, which aim to serve the Latino, Muslim, queer, Jewish and women’s rights activist communities at UCLA, respectively.