A new student commission is currently working with UCLA administrators to incorporate the histories of people of color on campus in the university’s official campus tours. The UCLA People of Color Tour started in 1985 and aims to educate students about the historical significance of certain sites on campus. During the student-run tour, individuals stop […]
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Faculty Executive Committee approves diversity requirement proposal
A governing faculty committee voted unanimously Friday to approve a proposal for a new diversity requirement.
Panel addresses issues of sexual assault in the military
At a panel about military sexual assault Thursday, various health professionals and sexual assault prevention workers discussed ways to effectively address issues of sexual assault that occur in the military. “(This is) a human problem; it’s a societal problem,” said Kristen Zaleski, a clinical assistant professor at the University of Southern California School of Social […]
Movie Review: ‘We Are the Best!’
Punk is not dead. At the very least, it’s still alive in the rebellious attitudes and short haircuts of three girls from 1980s Stockholm. In Lukas Moodysson’s 2013 Swedish drama “We Are the Best!,” adapted from the graphic novel “Never Goodnight,” by Moodysson’s wife Coco Moodysson, three preteens give a new meaning to the term […]
Anderson professor Ivo Welch on fossil fuel divestment
The original version of this article contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for more information. The University of California plans to create a task force to investigate the possibility of divesting from companies in the fossil fuel industry. The task force formed after numerous student protests across the […]
Movie Review: ‘Night Moves’
“Night Moves”Directed by Kelly ReichardtCinedigm2.0 paws “Night Moves” wants to be both eco-thriller and character study, but it doesn’t have the substance or stamina to achieve either. Co-written and directed by indie filmmaker Kelly Reichardt, “Night Moves” follows three environmentalists as they plot to blow up a hydroelectric dam and deal with the consequences. It […]
UC to create task force to explore fossil fuel divestment
The University of California is working to form a task force that will look at the possibility of divesting from fossil fuel companies, following numerous student protests and other major universities’ decisions to divest. “It’s the issue that’s on the minds of many people and students have been expressing their concerns about it,” said Shelly […]