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A group of about a dozen activists physically shoved this reporter out of the “Palestine Solidarity Encampment” on the campus of the University of California Los Angeles, a public university, on Friday.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — UCLA’s Sebastian Mack received a flagrant-2 foul and was ejected against Utah on Sunday.

Anti-Israel UCLA students clad in face coverings were seen beating a blue piñata bearing an image of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

A recent UCLA poll finds that young TV and movie viewers are leaning away from an interest in sexual and romantic plots.

A 16-year-old California student will be one of the youngest people to ever graduate from UCLA, according to a report.

A longtime UCLA professor has announced that he is retiring due to “the woke takeover of higher education,” adding, “I strongly suspect that mainstream U.S. higher education is morally and intellectually corrupt, beyond the possibility of self-repair.”

UCLA claims that the coronavirus pandemic crippled its athletics program to such a degree that it joined the Big Ten Conference.

UCLA is now offering menstrual products in all of its restrooms on campus — including the men’s room. One student of microbiology, immunology, and molecular genetics said: “individuals who do not identify as female can also menstruate and need access to these products in their respective bathrooms.”

UCLA went to virtual classes on Tuesday once an ex-lecturer and post-doctoral fellow issued a video clip referencing a mass shooting.

A suspect has been identified in the murder of 24-year-old UCLA design student Brianna Kupfer: 31-year-old Shawn Laval Smith.

UCLA is threatening to drop a black student — who says that all of his classes are online — for not submitting proof that he has been vaccinated against the coronavirus.

UCLA professor Gordon Klein — who was suspended from the school’s Anderson School of Management for refusing to grade black students more leniently in the wake of George Floyd’s death — has filed a lawsuit against UCLA for harming his professional reputation.

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) chose Black Lives Matter (BLM) co-founder and “trained Marxist” Patrisse Cullors — who resigned from BLM amid controversy about her personal wealth — as the 2021 commencement speaker for the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.

Professor Harry Litman, who teaches constitutional law at University of California San Diego (UCSD) and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), was slammed on social media after proclaiming that “vaccine passports are a good idea,” because they will make those who refuse to get the coronavirus vaccine “foreclosed from doing a lot of things their peers can do.”

Students at UCLA are calling for the removal of Eli Gafni, the chair of the computer science department, over his defense of a colleague’s use of the term “Wuhan virus.” Gafni told students that were upset by the term that “what is ‘sensitive’ to you might feel like PC police to others,” leading to the petition for his removal over “ethical” failures.

The DOJ announced on Friday that officials have arrested a Chinese national working as a researcher at UCLA on federal charges of destroying evidence to obstruct an FBI investigation. The researcher allegedly destroyed evidence of his ties to the Chinese military and the transference of research to Chinese government agencies.

University of California scientists announced on Monday that they have developed a glove that turns sign language into speech in real time.

A group of students is defending UCLA Professor Gordon Klein, who was placed on leave after he denied a request to postpone a final exam for black students. Student activists at universities and colleges around the nation have demanded lenient grading and postponed exams for black students in response to the social unrest that has followed the death of George Floyd.

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), a First Amendment advocacy group, penned a letter this week in defense of UCLA lecturer Gordon Klein, who was suspended from the university over his refusal to postpone an exam for black students.

UCLA Professor Gordon Klein has been placed on leave after rejecting a request to postpone a final exam for black students in response to the death of George Floyd.

Professors at UCLA published a letter this week in response to the death of George Floyd that called on university officials to end its relationship with the Los Angeles Police Department. According to the professors, the university must end its “collaboration” with the LAPD and move ” towards the divestment of UCLA from LAPD and other forms of policing.”

UCLA Professor Robin Kelley suggested this week that black Americans have no choice but to riot in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death. As Kelley explained in a UCLA interview, “My wife asked me this question last night, ‘Do you think this is right?’ I said, ‘What other choice do people have?’”

A wealthy Chinese national living in Canada was sentenced to her time served of approximately five months in prison and a $250,000 fine for paying a bribe to have her son admitted to UCLA. The woman worked with William “Rick” Singer,” who pled guilty to being the mastermind of the “Varsity Blues” college admissions scheme, to have her son admitted as a soccer recruit even though he had never played competitive soccer.

The University of California told students this week that it is inappropriate for them to use the term “Chinese virus.” The university released a set of guidelines that made the case that the term projects “hatred towards Asian communities.”

Universities around the country announced this week that they are shutting down their campuses in response to the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, including UCLA and Duke. Some universities have told students that they should not return to campus for the rest of the semester.

UCLA has tried to block a subpoena request from a California state judge on a case connected to the “Varsity Blues” college admissions scandal.

A new report suggests that dozens of American colleges and universities are adopting technology that allows administrators to track, monitor, and surveil students. Students from across the political spectrum have joined together to push back against this concerning trend.

 A Chinese citizen living in the United Kingdom admitted this week that she paid $400,000 to have her son admitted to UCLA. The mother also admitted that she helped her son create a fake athletic profile as part of the scheme. Xiaoning Sui is the latest parent to face charges as part of the “Varsity Blues” college admissions scandal.

The University of California, Los Angeles, announced this week that they will not be moving forward with a plan to use facial recognition technology on campus. The decision comes ahead of a planned day of protests by students and advocacy groups that focus on privacy rights.

A mandatory diversity program at UCLA told students to avoid using the words “lame” and “insane.” Students were told that certain words should not be said because they create “stigma” against “marginalized” people.

A new program at the University of California, Santa Cruz, may be rejecting qualified white and male candidates because they are not “diverse” enough. All candidates are also required to sign a “diversity pledge” as a commitment to advancing progressive diversity politics.

The student government at the University of California, Los Angeles has reportedly lost more than $2.7 million in university funds. Now, student government organizations are blaming each other for losing track of the money.

The next Democrat debate, scheduled to take place at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California, on Dec. 19, is being threatened by a union labor dispute like the one that caused the venue to be moved from UCLA.

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) bowed to the wishes of the Association of Federal, State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) union Wednesday, canceling the sixth Democratic Party presidential primary debate at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) in December. An alternative venue for the debate has not yet been announced.

A student at UCLA has filed a complaint with the Department of Education alleging that her university supports antisemitism.

UCLA Professor Douglas Kellner argued in a recent interview for the university’s website that the First and Second Amendments are not “absolute,” and should be changing as society continues “growing and evolving.” The professor also blames President Donald Trump for school shootings.