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Jan. 1, 2026 4:25 p.m.
Rob Reiner, a filmmaker, activist and former UCLA theater student, speaks at the LBJ Presidential Library. Reiner, who attended UCLA from 1964 to 1966, was found dead Dec. 14. (Courtesy of LBJ Library photo by Jay Godwin)
This post was updated Jan. 2 at 12:42 p.m.
Rob Reiner, a filmmaker, activist and former UCLA theater student, was found dead Dec. 14. He was 78.
By Amanda Velasco
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Dec. 4, 2025 9:26 p.m.UC Regent Jose Hernandez expressed approval for recent tuition hikes and spoke about his background as a migrant farmworker at a fireside chat in the Latinx Success Center on Nov.
By Victor Simoes
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Dec. 4, 2025 12:19 p.m.Bruin Financial Aid scholarship delays, costly overawards spark frustrations
This post was updated Dec. 4 at 2:07 p.m.
Jeanneth Chavez – a third-year sociology student and single mother – said she chose to transfer to UCLA after community college because she believed it would allow her to graduate debt-free.
By Victor Simoes
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Dec. 4, 2025 12:17 p.m.In Plain Sight: From floods to power failures, UCLA’s trouble call workers manage campus crises
This post was updated Dec. 7 at 6:18 p.m.
It was lightly raining when Ebony Moore – a customer relations agent at UCLA’s Trouble Call Desk – arrived at her office in the UCLA Facilities Management building.
By Amanda Velasco
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Dec. 3, 2025 2:10 p.m.Alpha Kappa Alpha’s UCLA chapter celebrates 100 years of Black excellence, service
This post was updated Dec. 16 at 8:32 p.m.
UCLA’s chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha is celebrating 100 years of community and belonging.
Alpha Kappa Alpha – a Black Greek-letter sorority – was founded at Howard University in 1908.
By Nury Salazar-Ibanez
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Nov. 29, 2025 11:51 p.m.‘It is our home’: Students react to UCLA’s possible move to SoFi stadium
This post was updated Dec. 1 at 10 a.m.
As fireworks burst over the Rose Bowl after UCLA’s win over Iowa last year, Peter Dachtler and his family stood arm in arm on the field, singing the UCLA alma mater.
By Alisha Hassanali
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Nov. 26, 2025 12:07 a.m.Beat ‘SC midday kickoff event replaces nighttime rally, cultivates school spirit
This post was updated Nov. 30 at 9:40 p.m.
The UCLA Student Alumni Association replaced its annual nighttime Beat ‘SC Rally with a midday kickoff event Monday due to a modified football schedule.
By Amanda Velasco
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Nov. 25, 2025 4:30 p.m.CPO holds annual Turkey Box Giveaway for community amid CalFresh delays
Kimberly Saavedra, a graduate student in social welfare, said her family felt the impact of pauses to CalFresh, California’s version of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
By Jennifer Michel
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Nov. 24, 2025 7:26 p.m.AISA, USAC members honor Indigenous history, land with NAGPRA teach-in
About 30 students honored Indigenous history at a teach-in about the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act on Nov. 12.
The event, which was hosted at the Student Activities Center, aimed to educate the campus community about the NAGPRA – a federal law passed in 1990, which outlines requirements for federally-funded agencies and museums to return Native American human remains and funerary objects to their respective peoples.
By Jamie Joaquin
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