Students from San Diego to Claremont will join UCLA’s international Korean student population Thursday in welcoming baseball legend Chan Ho Park to UCLA’s campus. In the wake of the 1997 East Asian financial crisis, South Korean citizens looked to the popular Korean baseball player and his success on the field for inspiration and hope, said […]
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USAC rejects resolution on divestment after long meeting
This post was updated at 10:37 p.m. The undergraduate student government voted down a resolution early Wednesday morning calling for UCLA and the University of California to divest from companies that profit from the Israeli occupation of Gaza and the West Bank. The Undergraduate Students Association Council voted against the resolution with a 5-7-0 vote […]
USAC rejects resolution on divestment after long meeting
The undergraduate student government voted down a resolution early Wednesday morning calling for UCLA and the University of California to divest from companies that profit from the Israeli occupation of Gaza and the West Bank.
Students voice opinions on USAC divestment resolution
Editor’s note: Because of the offensive nature of discussion around this article, commenting has been closed. Lines of students stretched the length of Ackerman Grand Ballroom Tuesday night as an impassioned discussion unfolded about a controversial undergraduate student government divestment resolution. More than 500 students attended the Undergraduate Students Association Council meeting to support or criticize […]
Chilean student activists to speak at UCLA Wednesday
Three Chilean student organizers will speak at UCLA on Wednesday to advocate for social revolution and access to free education. The Student Collective Against Labor Exploitation, or SCALE, will host Gabriel Gac, Pablo Silva and Melissa Feritto, anarchist student organizers who have participated in a series of Chilean student protests in recent years. The three […]
Academic Senate accepting nominees for annual diversity award
The UCLA Academic Senate is currently accepting nominations for an annual award meant to honor students and faculty who promote an impartial and inclusive learning environment at UCLA. Winners of the Academic Senate’s 2014 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award will receive $2,000 each. Members of the UCLA community may submit nomination packets through the Academic […]
Students mobilize in response to divestment resolution
Students are mobilizing for and against a resolution that calls for divestment from companies that profit from the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories. The Undergraduate Students Association Council is set to vote Tuesday on the resolution, which asks for the University of California to divest from specific companies that the resolution claims are complicit […]