Say you’re tasked with evaluating a high school senior.
Here’s your criteria: their high school, their sophomore and junior year transcripts, a maximum 1,400 words of their writing, their extracurricular activities and the classes they plan to take senior year.

This post was updated Aug. 2 at 2:54 p.m.
A healthy campus community is one where identities are respected.
But a recent lawsuit against the UC threatens that standard.

This post was updated July 19 at 9:14 p.m.
Last August, the Daily Bruin Editorial Board called on UCLA to comply with the California Public Records Act, a law that gives citizens access to state and local government records.

This post was updated July 12 at 7:27 p.m.
A journalist sends an email to a UCLA administrator.
The administrator then forwards it to the university’s strategic communications team.

This post was updated July 5 at 11:52 p.m.
The USA Elections Board issued six disqualification notices to candidates in the Undergraduate Students Association Council elections this 2026-27 cycle, even though some were later revoked.

This post was updated June 1 at 11:10 a.m.
Twenty-six local Los Angeles County measures. Eighty state assembly members. The next governor of California.
Californians have the opportunity to decide the outcome of these races, among others, tomorrow.

This post was updated May 27 at 8:31 p.m.
Several campus organizations hosted an April 14 event where Omer Shem Tov, a former Israeli hostage, spoke about his experience in captivity.

This post was updated May 8 at 12:41 p.m.
Thirty-seven candidates believe they have what it takes to serve the undergraduate student body. Students elected to the Undergraduate Students Association Council manage a $10 million budget and can receive up to $15,000 in pay.

When ASUCLA was first founded, it was created to serve students.
But today, with the Bruin Life and Undergraduate Experience Fee Referendum, ASUCLA is asking for $27 per quarter from those same students – and through referendum language that is unacceptably vague.

The Board believes Bruin Bash, an annual concert hosted by the UCLA Cultural Affairs Commission and Campus Events Commission, is a selling point for the university, not essential to student life.