Students debate the use of aggressive tactics as protest methods

Tala Deloria said she used her shoes as a pillow the night she was arrested for blocking the 405 Freeway off-ramp south of Wilshire Boulevard during a protest against police brutality. California Highway Patrol officers arrested four students in April during the protest, said Deloria, a third-year geography student and protest organizer. UCLA Revolutionary Club, […]

Student government structures vary among UCs, USAC commissions unique

Undergraduate student governments in the University of California system range in size and structure. While UCLA is the only UC campus that organizes its student government in commissions with specialized responsibilities, students on other campuses govern themselves based on other forms of representation. The 14 UCLA undergraduate student leaders each have specific duties to fulfill […]

Alum returns to UCLA as Bagel Mom to feed hungry students

Eager students poured into the crowded front office of Paul Revere Charter Middle School to welcome Deborah Elkins as she carried in bags of leftover bagels, Elkins said. Elkins has been distributing bagels for three years, after she learned the donated leftovers she brought from New York Bagel Co. in Brentwood to a function in […]

Students split on effectiveness of BruinAlert warning system

UCLA’s emergency message system, BruinAlert, provides the campus community with notifications whenever anything poses a continuing danger to students, faculty or visitors. However, students have said they wonder why some alerts were not issued during emergencies last year and how BruinAlerts come about. Once UCLA’s Office of Emergency Management verifies an emergency that poses a […]