Editor’s Note: Over the next 16 weeks, Assistant News Editor Katie Shepherd will be training for the ASICS L.A. Marathon and writing a weekly column chronicling her experiences along the way. She’ll be reporting on the science and health aspects of endurance training as well as featuring students and L.A. residents who are taking on […]
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Artsakh Awareness Week brings attention to regional conflict, Armenian history
A war waging thousands of miles away forced Julie Avetisyan’s parents to flee their home in Baku, Azerbaijan, when they were 17 years old. Avetisyan, now a first-year fine arts student and member of the Armenian Students’ Association, said her family was uprooted from their home during the Artsakh Liberation War, fought in the 1980s […]
Queer Academy participants support one another through ‘peertorships’
After struggling to adjust to her new college life last fall, Elizabeth Manzanero found a place to call home. She said her friends at the Queer Academy, a student group under the Queer Alliance organization, provided her with advice and guidance to get the help she needed. “It was very comforting having someone there to […]
UCLA students attend rally in support of LAUSD diversity requirement
About 50 UCLA students took part in a rally in support of a diversity-related course requirement for the Los Angeles Unified School District in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday. Hundreds of students, parents and teachers took part in the march around LAUSD headquarters on South Beaudry Avenue. Members of dozens of organizations carried posters stating their […]
New BruinCard readers allow residents to tap instead of swipe cards
UCLA is finishing up installing new access card readers in residence halls, causing mixed reactions among students. Students with new BruinCards can tap them on the new card readers to enter the residence halls, instead of swiping. Students with older BruinCards still have to swipe on the new systems. Housing officials began replacing the old […]
UCLA student group helps nonprofit pack over 4,000 meals for homeless
Dozens of volunteers at the Sunset Canyon Recreation Center quickly spread peanut butter and jelly on bread and stacked sandwiches in an assembly line at an event to promote National Homeless Awareness Week on Saturday. Volunteers put together 4,083 meals for homeless people at the event. The original goal was to pack 5,000 meals. The […]
CALPIRG holds pledge drive to fund campaigns on public interest issues
People with clipboards and bright orange stickers have been calling out to students on Bruin Walk, asking: “Have you pledged CALPIRG yet?” CALPIRG Students, a branch of the California Public Interest Research Group, has chapters on eight University of California campuses, including UCLA. CALPIRG Students aims to push for solutions to different public interest issues, […]