Most students can relate to the stress of standing at the bottom of the Saxon Steps, rapidly looking both ways on Gayley Avenue and toward the goal of Landfair Avenue, waiting for oncoming traffic to cease. At all hours of the day and night, students make the crossing from the Saxon Steps to the apartments. This is not the only poorly designed element of our campus that presents a danger to students. With the rise in the issuance of jaywalking tickets to students, campus designers and university police should realign their priorities to reflect increased prevention, rather than the punishment, for unsafe transportation corridors in the Westwood area. Read more...
Community, Crime, Opinion
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May 25, 9:00 pm
Pedestrians need protection
Community, Opinion
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May 19, 9:00 pm
Letter to the Editor: UCLA is leader in healthy options
I was left grateful "“ and hungry "“ after reading about the impressive vegan additions to the dining halls in Avni Nijhawan's "Catering our needs" (May 17). Read more...
Community, Opinion
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May 13, 9:00 pm
American debt mistakes continue
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has made the same mistake that millions of American home buyers did during the housing bubble of 2002 to 2006: It has taken out an adjustable-rate mortgage on the national debt. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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May 9, 9:00 pm
Speeding up transportation reformation
It's 5 p.m. on a Friday at UCLA. The couple hundred stragglers still in class stream out onto Bruin Walk, and the final procession of students for the week marches over to the Hill and the apartments beyond. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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May 9, 9:00 pm
Actions of radicals shouldn’t define Islam
As a student of Pakistani descent, I am particularly disturbed by and want to condemn the recent foiled Times Square bomb plot. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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May 5, 9:46 pm
Proposal AB 540 would open up institutionalized financial aid to undocumented UC students
SUBMITTED BY: Jasmine Hill, Luz Kumpel, Jose Valenzuela The University of California Commission on the Future has made a series of recommendations to the UC Board of Regents to determine the future direction of the UC. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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May 5, 9:44 pm
USAC candidate Jason Youdeem replies to MEChA’s accusations
SUBMITTED BY: Jason Youdeem As you are probably aware, the Undergraduate Students Association Council elections are currently in full swing. Read more...