Some students are optimistic that a new diversity requirement will help them understand different cultures, if professors follow through by developing a comprehensive curriculum. “UCLA is a diverse university because of the makeup of the students, but that doesn’t mean everyone is aware of it,” said Evelyn Tran, a fourth-year microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics […]
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SJP announces campaign for new divestment resolution
The original version of this article contained information that was unclear and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. This post was updated on Nov. 15 at 1:36 p.m. Students for Justice in Palestine members plan to bring a new divestment resolution to the undergraduate student government in coming weeks. The […]
UCLA Parents’ Weekend 2014 a relative success
His kids complained about getting two roommates, but he had 11. Thirty years ago, Zelalem Aychiluhim was a first-year mechanical engineering student in Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia. Now his daughter, Bethel Aychiluhim, is a first-year biology student at UCLA. Having moved to the United States from Ethiopia about 20 years ago, Aychiluhim came down from […]
SJP’s Palestine Awareness Week seeks to educate students
Students for Justice in Palestine hopes to inform students about Palestinian politics and culture this week through film screenings, lectures and the construction of what it calls the “Mock Apartheid Wall” in Bruin Plaza. Omar Zahzah, president of SJP, said he thinks this year’s Palestine Awareness Week, an annual event, will have a new significance […]
UCLA hosts annual Domestic Violence Solidarity Walk
The lamps that line Bruin Walk were still lit at 7 a.m., reflected in puddles of water as the rain that started on Halloween night continued to pour. A group of five women circled the track in silence for a walk organized to support those silenced by what they describe as the stigma surrounding intimate […]
UCLA College faculty approves diversity requirement proposal
UCLA faculty in the College of Letters and Science approved a diversity requirement proposal Friday afternoon. In a 332-303 vote, faculty decided to support the requirement, which would have students take a course about inequalities based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation and religion, among other factors. Students would be able to fulfill the requirement through a […]
UCLA’s Fresh Produce draws student interest to art in manga, anime
Smooth, white chalk lines danced across the black chalkboard as Melinda Chiem-Ngoy sketched different parts of an anime character, emphasizing the need for attention to anatomical details. The third-year psychology student teaches manga drawing to a group of students who gather weekly in UCLA’s Jamba Juice to practice drawing Japanese comics. Manga is a medium […]