Some professors made changes to their classes and assignment deadlines Wednesday due to the election results. Many students said they were disheartened by the election results. To give students time to work through their feelings over the outcome, some professors postponed midterms, extended paper deadlines or canceled classes. [Related: Campus lockdown disrupts final exams, class […]
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Editorial: Students must continue to fight for equality, inclusivity
Voters across the nation elected Donald Trump to the presidency Tuesday, along with a Republican-controlled Senate and House of Representatives. This government looks bleak for many, but we cannot let the results disillusion us from the American dream. The UCLA community, which voted heavily for Hillary Clinton according to the Daily Bruin’s exit polling, turned […]
The Quad: Shouting into the void – social media in the 2016 election
This post was updated Nov. 10 at 1:15 p.m. It is time to pick ourselves up, dry off our tears and start tweeting again, even as thousands of UCLA students rose up in angry protest last night as Donald J. Trump was declared the next president of the United States. For many millennial-age college students […]
Students react with disbelief at Donald Trump presidential election win
Donald Trump will be the next president of the United States, according to the Associated Press. The AP called the race for Trump after it projected he would win Wisconsin at 11:29 p.m. Pacific Standard Time. Students reacted with disappointment and disbelief at several viewing parties on campus. At a Community Programs Office election watch party […]
Students protest Trump victory early Wednesday morning
This post was updated Nov. 9 at 2:53 a.m. A large student protest erupted on campus after Donald Trump was elected president early Wednesday morning. Hundreds of students marched down Bruin Walk from the Hill and campus before heading to Westwood Village. At least 1,000 more students joined by the time the crowd reached Westwood […]
Students cast votes in multiple locations on the Hill, in Westwood
UCLA students and Westwood residents faced long lines and administrative issues in their attempt to make their voices heard on Election Day. The wait to vote at Rieber Hall got as long as three hours Tuesday afternoon, while the line at 8 a.m. to vote at Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity house stretched out the door […]