Members of Bruin Republicans said they have high hopes for President-elect Donald Trump’s transition into the White House. Students protested at several rallies throughout the week following Trump’s victory, but Bruin Republican members said they think students should accept the results of the election and move on. Alexis Moran, Bruin Republicans president and a third-year […]
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Local activists hold teach-in to promote nonviolent protests
A reverend who worked with Martin Luther King Jr. told UCLA community members that violence cannot be used to improve the United States. The Rev. James Lawson Jr., who teaches at UCLA, and other civil rights activists spoke at a teach-in event Tuesday that aimed to engage students in dialogue about nonviolent protests. Undergraduate students […]
Skilled trade workers strike over UCLA wage negotiations
This post was updated Nov. 16 at 4:18 p.m. Skilled trade workers and administrative workers went on strike Wednesday, claiming that UCLA bargained with them in bad faith over a new contract. Teamsters Local 2010, the union representing the workers, started the one-day strike at midnight because UCLA refused to negotiate wages for workers’ past work […]
Westwood Neighborhood Council extends term length from two to four years
It may be difficult for UCLA students to serve a full term on the Westwood Neighborhood Council after its next election in 2018. The council voted eight to seven to extend its two-year terms on council to four years at its Wednesday meeting. Vice President Sandy Brown proposed the change because it would reduce election […]
Pioneering chemist, UCLA alumnus John Roberts dies at 98
John Roberts never held back when he thought a colleague or friend was wrong. Roberts, a pioneering researcher in organic chemistry at the California Institute of Technology and 1941 UCLA alumnus died on Oct. 29 of a stroke. He was 98. Harry Gray, a chemistry professor at Caltech, first met Roberts when was writing his […]
Family, dedication at the heart of freshman guard Lonzo Ball’s game
Lonzo Ball was born to ball. No really, just ask his father. “When I realized he would be good at basketball?” LaVar Ball asked. “You probably don’t want to hear this – as soon as he came out the womb. I told him he was born to go pro.” It was all written in Lonzo […]
Women’s volleyball to resist Stanford comeback with new formation
Last time UCLA women’s volleyball played Stanford, the Cardinal didn’t have Pac-12’s best blocker – Inky Ajanaku – and the Bruins won in four sets. “People say that we got off easy beating Stanford last time, and I want to prove they we can give them a run for their money with Inky back,” said […]