This post was updated May 3 at 12:42 a.m.
For the Daily Bruin’s full coverage of the UC Divest Coalition and Students for Justice in Palestine encampment at UCLA, see here.
This post was updated May 1 at 3:11 a.m.
Federal lawmakers summoned UCLA officials Tuesday to testify in front of a congressional committee to address their concerns about rising antisemitism on campus and the university’s handling of ongoing protests over the war in Gaza.
It started with a maxed-out credit card and a blood test she couldn’t get for her sick child. Soon, the mortgage bill came in. Ecology and evolutionary biology professor Priyanga Amarasekare realized she was facing foreclosure.
A Tuesday night move by the Undergraduate Students Association Council to vote on a resolution endorsing the Boycott, Divest and Sanctions movement against Israel quickly turned into a tense standoff, reflecting rising campus tensions over the ongoing violence in the Gaza Strip.
This post was updated Jan. 25 at 10:00 p.m.
The UC Board of Regents shelved a first-in-the-nation proposal Thursday to establish on-campus job opportunities for thousands of students throughout the state without legal immigration status.
In his initial remarks, UC President Michael Drake said the plan was not viable, citing potential legal ramifications and risks that the program could present for undocumented students and University officials, including deportation or civil penalties.
This post was updated Jan. 23 at 11:50 p.m.
Over a dozen student activists from across the UC system launched a hunger strike Tuesday, hoping to pressure the UC Board of Regents to follow through on its promises to open on-campus employment opportunities for the University’s nearly 4,000 students without legal status.
The escalation is the latest development in the “Opportunity for All” campaign backed by progressive legal scholars and undocumented student organizers, which was launched in October 2022 at UCLA.
This post was updated Dec. 3 at 10:11 p.m.
The UC Board of Regents failed to meet a self-imposed deadline Thursday to announce a potential pathway that would allow thousands of undocumented students to apply for on-campus jobs.
This post was updated Nov. 19 at 9:06 p.m.
The UC Board of Regents delayed an announcement regarding the employment of students without legal status, leaving the board two weeks to meet its self-imposed deadline of producing a plan that would allow thousands of students to apply for on-campus positions.
This post was updated Nov. 15 at 12:39 a.m.
Hundreds of students marched from Wilson Plaza to Murphy Hall and Kerckhoff Hall calling for the UC Board of Regents to finalize an implementation plan that would allow the UC to hire all students regardless of their immigration status.
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