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The student news site of California State University - Los Angeles

University Times
The student news site of California State University - Los Angeles

University Times
Brian Lai

Brian Lai, Community News Digital Editor & Distribution Manager

Brian Lai is an English major, and an UT reporter that writes mostly about Calstate LA’s campus. He covers campus events, issues and highlights, and other related topics. 

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Last Friday, President Berenecea Eanes spoke with protesters about their demands for divestment and safety concerns.

From May Day to today: Where the encampment is now

Anne To, Adriana Davila, Brian Lai, and Calista Pineda
May 10, 2024
Brian Lai celebrating graduation with family.

Graduation represents pride and sadness

Brian Lai, Distribution Manager
April 26, 2024

Night thrills at Queer Prom

Brian Lai, Senior Multimedia Reporter
April 10, 2024
A student opens up TikTok on her phone.

Students express mixed feelings over the TikTok ban

Brian Lai, Senior Multimedia Reporter
April 10, 2024
Neuralink recently received FDA approval to run human testing on their brain computer implants.

Neuralink: Is getting your brain chipped a good idea?

Brian Lai, Multimedia Reporter
March 14, 2024
Parking Lot 4 on campus.

How safe do you believe Cal State LA to be?

Brian Lai and Calista Pineda
March 13, 2024
The office that was originally tested for asbestos in King Hall found the fibers in the loose tiles, but they remain encapsulated.

Asbestos found in one office and mold in another area of King Hall

Anne To and Brian Lai
February 28, 2024
Renovations to the university library are soon to be in-progress.

An indefinite delay in the reconstruction of library space

Brian Lai and Christiane Rios
February 1, 2024
King Hall A Wing elevators under repair.

King Hall A Wing is getting new elevators

Anne To and Brian Lai
November 21, 2023

Golden Eagles weigh in on the Israel-Hamas war

Anne To, Brian Lai, and Christiane Rios
November 9, 2023
Attendees of the event were able to get a traditional Vietnamese drink and Bánh Mì of their choice.

Banh mi event draws on French-Vietnamese fusion, colonialism

Brian Lai, Multimedia Reporter
November 7, 2023
Students check out various clubs and organizations at City of Orgs, held on the main campus walkway on Thursday, August 24, 2023.

Crowds, Clubs and Tacos at this fall’s City of Orgs

Brian Lai and Xavier Zamora
September 30, 2023
Berenecea Johnson Eanes will start her term as president in Spring 2024. Photo courtesy of the Cal State La Public Affairs Office.

First ever Black female Cal State LA president appointed

Anne To and Brian Lai
September 15, 2023
The sinkhole is now filled up and fencing around the area has been removed.

Six months later, the sinkhole at Circle Drive is finally gone.

Brian Lai and Anne To
September 15, 2023
The Makerspace on the first floor of the engineering building. Photo by Brian Lai.

An engineer’s refuge: The Makerspace

Brian Lai, Multimedia Reporter
April 30, 2023
Friends and family talk a memorial at the in Claremont on Saturday, February 11, 2023. Photo by Xavier Zamora.

Former Cal State LA professor posthumously honored at memorial service

Brian Lai, Multimedia Reporter
March 13, 2023
A memorial wall on campus, asking Cal State LA to share memories and thoughts for the victims of recent mass shootings. Photo by Brian Lai.

Cal State LA students mourn after recent mass-shootings

Erick Cabrera and Brian Lai
February 4, 2023
Katherine Ozawa prepares a lantern during the Lunar New Year celebration at the U-SU Plaza on Thursday, January 26, 2023. Photo by Xavier Zamora.

Cal State LA’s Lunar New Year celebrates AAPI

Brian Lai, Multimedia Reporter
February 4, 2023
Social media sites such as Instagram, Facebook, Youtube and Twitter reign dominant as the main sources for online news. Students read news to stay informed or to be entertained

Where do college students find their news?

Brian Lai, Multimedia Reporter
October 31, 2022
guy looking at the table talking with woman

Large turnout for the City of Orgs event

Brian Lai, Reporter
September 4, 2022
Graphic showing a mail inbox that is red and different warning signs.

Cal State LA students tired of getting scam emails

Brian Lai, Reporter
May 17, 2022
The Filipino club posing in front of a statue at a Clippers game for culture night.

Filipino club celebrates their kinship and cultural bonds through song and dance

Brian Lai, Reporter
May 10, 2022
Fire that started on campus and was being put out by the fire department.

A late-night brushfire sparks up near Cal State LA

Brian Lai, Multimedia Reporter
May 4, 2022
Flyers posted all over campus raising awareness of the current commencement plans.

Golden Eagles feel their wings are clipped with future parking lot graduation

Will Baker and Brian Lai
May 2, 2022
Screenshot of the zoom meeting.

Zoom bombers interrupt feminist lecture with pornography and slurs

Brian Lai, Reporter
April 23, 2022
photo of a couple

Surviving, even thriving in a pandemic

Brian Lai, Community News reporter
June 23, 2021
photo of man wearing a mask while on his laptop

One battled Covid-19. Another dropped out of school. A third faced desolation.

Brian Lai, Community News reporter
June 17, 2021
Man with trash bag stands on top of a hill

How to organize a community cleanup

Brian Lai, Community News Reporter
April 14, 2021
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