Los Angeles residents voted Tuesday to fund transportation improvements and solutions to homelessness. Measure M, which would levy a half-cent sales tax to expand LA county transportation systems, passed with almost 70 percent approval. Measure HHH, which would finance the construction of 10,000 housing units for homeless individuals, received 76 percent of the vote. Both […]
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Professors cancel, postpone midterms in wake of election
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 […]
Undercommons holds anti-Trump event Wednesday after election results
Students wrote emotional messages on the ground with chalk at a “Fuck Trump” event held Wednesday. About 50 students attended the event organized by the student group Undercommons at Janss Steps from 10 a.m. to noon. The Undercommons is an organization on campus that holds educational sessions on topics such as racism, sexism and Islamophobia, […]
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 […]
Bruin Consent Coalition offers support for sexual assault survivors
Students wrote supportive notes for sexual assault survivors, including “You are not your trauma” and “I believe you” on a blackboard Monday. Bruin Consent Coalition, a committee in the undergraduate student government Student Wellness Commission, held an event called “Scribble Your Support” on Kerckhoff Patio to support survivors, amid election season, said Chloe Pan, co-director […]
UCLA alumna announced as dean for School of Nursing
UCLA officials announced the seventh dean for the UCLA School of Nursing on Monday. Linda Sarna, a research professor and interim dean at the nursing school, will assume the position on Nov. 15, according to a statement from UCLA Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Scott Waugh. Sarna was named acting dean while the previous dean […]
Dinesh D’Souza discusses Democratic faults at Bruin Republicans event
A conservative filmmaker and author compared a United States governed by Democratic lawmakers to an “urban plantation” at an event hosted by Bruin Republicans on Thursday. “The Democratic Party perpetuates the urban plantation of America – dilapidated homes, broken families, violence and meager provisions of living where no one got ahead that were characteristics of […]