Mariah Strawder, a first-generation student, said she felt the weight of setting a good example for her younger brothers after her mother died.
Because her mother died as Strawder began high school, she said she did not have as much time to pursue extracurricular activities while attending Westchester Enriched Sciences Magnets, a Los Angeles Unified School District high school, instead needing to focus on her academics.

An esports lounge will replace the Bruin Fun Zone in Ackerman Union.
The Bruin Fun Zone – located on the A-level of Ackerman Union – was introduced in 2022 as a recreational space that housed arcade machines, table tennis, foosball, Jenga and board games.

The Hammer Museum hosted Arts Party: Transcend, an event featuring performances, art-making workshops, exhibitions, food and more. The annual event allowed college students to roam the museum, enjoy sets from DJ Starrza and watch a performance from Orion Sun.

This post was updated May 16 at 12:24 a.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, an SJP spokesperson who was granted partial anonymity due to fear of retaliation.

Editor’s note: This post was updated May 2 at 5:26 p.m. to replace a photo of the Community Programs Office, which was unassociated with this event, with a photo of Bruin Day celebrations.

International students shared fears of academic repercussions and uncertainty following the revocation of student visas by the Trump administration.
The United States has revoked more than 1,500 visas across students and graduates from higher education institutions, according to Inside Higher Ed.

The Speech Team @UCLA secured multiple competition wins in its first year in existence.
The team secured its first-ever national recognition March 22 at the 2025 National Online Forensics Championship, where Alisha Hassanali, a Daily Bruin News contributor, won first place for informative speaking.

The Pediatric AIDS Coalition hosted its annual Dance Marathon on March 1, raising $55,041 total. Participants jumped and spun their way through “morale dances” and performances by UCLA student acts from 2 p.m.

Kaylee Johnson is open about her father’s far-right radicalization.
Johnson was featured in the documentary “Dear Kelly,” released Jan. 15 and directed by Andrew Callaghan – an independent journalist and creator of “Channel 5” on YouTube.

The destruction of Eliana Bernstein’s Pacific Palisades home also threatened the loss of her Westwood apartment.
Bernstein, a third-year political science student, said she moved into her apartment just a few days before the Jan.