This post was updated Feb. 16 at 6:20 p.m.
The timeliness of “Judas and the Black Messiah” reflects on how little things have changed for Black voices in America since 1969.

Several student leaders and students with disabilities shared their experiences with the UCLA Center for Accessible Education and UCLA Student Affairs, calling for change after the CAE office hired a director despite student opposition.

A student-funded basic needs organization now distributes basic needs products by mail or virtually because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Good Clothes Good People is a nonprofit volunteer-run organization at UCLA that distributes hygienic products and school supplies to students in need, said third-year molecular, cell and developmental biology student and GCGP UCLA President Elaine Pham.

Undergraduate student government leaders look toward a senate model to increase advocacy positions on the council.
The Undergraduate Students Association Council’s current model of governance — a commissioner system that tasks commissioners with specific missions and administrative functions — was not created to advocate for students, said Alexander Berry, a staff member at the USAC Office of the President.

The undergraduate student government is recruiting campus organizations to join a board to advise the student government’s policies.
The Congressional Advisory Board, which was formed over the summer, is made up of student groups from around campus, such as the Afrikan Student Union, Samahang Pilipino and the Transfer Leadership Coalition.

UCLA is considering terminating two scholarships offered by a Confederacy heritage group.
The United Daughters of the Confederacy’s California Division currently offers two scholarships to students at the University of California who are descendants of either a Confederacy veteran or a Confederacy veteran’s sibling: the Lulie C.

In the face of a crisis, Club Sandwich found a new way to feed those experiencing homelessness.
The newly established organization, created by third-year communication student Kira Loren, is feeding those who experience homelessness in Westwood as it attempts to connect the UCLA community with its surrounding city members, she said.

Zoom sessions have never been funnier.
The Shenanigans Comedy Club at UCLA is adapting to social distancing orders to keep their audiences, and each other, laughing.

Finally, English courses where students can study viral memes and TikTokdance challenges.
The UCLA English department is currently offering three Fiat Lux courses centered around COVID-19.

Take a stroll down Vermont Avenue and encounter the Church of Scientology, the first Sikh temple in Los Angeles and an LGBTQ ministry.
In an effort to spread awareness about religion in Los Angeles, the Fowler Museum’s curator of Latin American and Caribbean popular arts Patrick A.