This post was updated May 15 at 7:35 p.m.
Two people were arrested during a demonstration held Thursday by pro-Palestine organizations at UCLA in remembrance of the 1948 Nakba. 
The demonstration was hosted by several campus organizations – including Students for Justice in Palestine, a temporarily suspended organization – and intended to recognize Nakba Day – which recognizes when around 700,000 Palestinians were expelled by Israeli forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. 
“The day is important to recognize today because it just demonstrates the longevity of the violence of the Zionist entity against Palestinians and the fact that it did not start October 7,” said Mohammed, a SJP spokesperson who was granted partial anonymity due to fear of retaliation.

This post was updated at 11:16 p.m.
UCLA has spent at least $213 million on the Ascend Finance Transformation project, and yet, seven years after the project’s launch, it has few concrete accomplishments.  
“I can’t say that I’ve actually seen a live screen for Ascend,” said Reem Hanna-Harwell, a former member of the project’s steering committee. 
The initial reported budget for the project was $120 million, but, according to a presentation given during the May 2024 Ascend 2.0 quarterly town hall, the estimated total cost was projected to be roughly $286 million. 
The university declined to answer exactly how much money has been spent on the project since its official start date in April 2018. 
The Ascend project involves a transformation of UCLA’s financial system – moving from the current mainframe system to Oracle Cloud, modernizing the chart of accounts and upgrading all business applications which contribute data to the central finance, research and budget systems, according to the 2021 project charter.

This post was updated May 11 at 7:47 p.m.
Many years ago, I took the entrance exam to pursue graduate studies in my birth country, Iran.

This post was updated May 12 at 12:35 a.m.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday designating the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs campus as the National Center for Warrior Independence.

This post was updated May 8 at 9:58 p.m.
Despite ranking third on the team in batting average, Rylee Slimp was hitless against the Hoosiers. \
That was until the freshman outfielder hit a walk-off RBI bouncing single to the pitcher to send the Bruins to their first Big Ten tournament semifinals in program history.

This post was updated May 8 at 10:58 p.m.
The USA Elections Board disqualified three candidates from the upcoming Undergraduate Students Association Council elections Wednesday. 
The candidates, Maya Wertheim, Mitchell Stevens II and Johanna Vu, were disqualified for failing to submit required documents to the elections board by Tuesday night, according to notices of disqualification issued by the board. 
Wertheim, a former Daily Bruin Opinion intern who is running for general representative, was disqualified for failing to submit an expense account form, while Stevens – who is running for Cultural Affairs commissioner – and Vu – who is running for Student Wellness commissioner – failed to submit the expenses form and sources of funding forms, according to the notices.

Zuriel Oduwole never imagined her work would lead to a Nobel Peace Prize nomination.
The 22-year-old filmmaker and 2022 cognitive science alumnus is also a social development advocate and presidential advisor who has traveled the world to converse with 36 world leaders about social development issues.

John Savage’s ability to develop pitchers is arguably what gave him a career in collegiate baseball.
His first job with a Power Five program was as a pitching coach at USC from 1997 to 2000, developing future Big League arms like Barry Zito and Mark Prior.

Amid profound political change, growing threats and uncertainty in higher education, UCLA students will elect the next 15 officers of the Undergraduate Students Association Council. This year, Bruins will choose who to vote for in a field featuring several dozen candidates and three referendums.

This post was updated May 4 at 9:20 p.m.
Five candidates running for Undergraduate Students Association Council president debated their approaches to advocacy and inclusivity Thursday.