Editorial: Administration’s opaque communication with media threatens transparency

Transparency isn’t a strong point for UCLA. In fact, it’s a sore one. For the second time in the past six quarters, Chancellor Gene Block bailed on his quarterly tradition of meeting with the Daily Bruin Editorial Board – essentially the only time he talks to reporters about the issues plaguing this campus. Those 60 […]

Editorial: A broken appeals system lets 3 Westwood residents stymie the Village’s growth

Three people are holding Westwood hostage. They have been for the past two decades. Because of its penchant for holding businesses at bay or filing appeals against them, Westwood Village has long been synonymous with empty buildings, unfulfilled promises and the distant memory of a thriving community that once was. According to Los Angeles city […]

‘Week of action’ promotes Southeast Asian solidarity with campaigns, forums

Southeast Asian student groups at UCLA and across the nation called attention to rising deportation rates of Southeast Asian Americans under President Donald Trump’s administration. The Asian Pacific Coalition at UCLA, several of its member organizations and Southeast Asian student groups nationwide held a “week of action” last week to raise awareness about the issue. […]

Computer science student creates innovative, award-winning glucose monitoring app

A UCLA student developed an application that allows diabetic patients to monitor their glucose levels on their phones. Bryan Chiang, a first-year computer science student, created EasyGlucose, a mobile application designed to monitor diabetic patients’ glucose levels using a picture of their eye taken on their smartphone. Chiang won first place in the Microsoft Imagine […]

Legal clinic at public school campus aims to serve needs of immigrant community

UCLA and the Los Angeles Unified School District will offer legal representation and advice to undocumented individuals through a new immigration law clinic at public schools in Koreatown. The Immigrant Family Legal Clinic, which opened in January, offers free legal services to students and families from the six Robert F. Kennedy Community schools in Koreatown. […]

Editorial: Controversial lecture sheds light on divisive Israel-Palestine debate on campus

This post was updated May 29 at 6:41 p.m. A guest lecturer, a mute administration and an ideologically divided campus. That’s all it took for UCLA to turn into a discordant frenzy this month. An Arab and Muslim ethnicities studies professor from San Francisco State University gave a guest lecture about Islamophobia two weeks ago as […]

Panel discusses psychological impact of border centers of detained immigrant youth

Lisa Gantz said her experience working with immigrant children at a detention center in Brownsville, Texas, inspired her to create a task force at UCLA dedicated to helping immigrant youths at the Mexico-U.S. border. “After coming back to Los Angeles, I really tried to start looking around and see what was happening here at UCLA,” […]