Something is rotten in the state of France. Presidential elections are scheduled for Sunday, and given that no single candidate will obtain more than 50% of the vote on that date, there will be a run-off election two weeks later between the two leading candidates. Read more...
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April 3, 8:45 pm
Op-ed: Health care sector requires better environmental approach amid climate crisis
“I should recycle this.” This is a recurring thought I have when cleaning the patient rooms in the clinic I joined this year. It doesn’t have a recycling system, which means the recyclable boxes I collect become trash. Read more...
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April 1, 4:36 pm
Op-ed: USAC struggles with partisan politics despite diverse membership
This post was updated April 3 at 8:33 p.m. One of the most defining moments of my college career happened last spring when I won a very tough election to become one of UCLA’s Undergraduate Students Association Council’s general representatives. Read more...
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March 30, 10:03 pm
Op-ed: UCLA must implement CRT course requirement for public policy master’s students
In June 2020, UCLA Chancellor Gene Block and then-Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Emily Carter penned a letter to the UCLA community amid a national call for racial justice after the viral modern-day lynching of George Floyd. Read more...
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February 27, 9:29 pm
Op-ed: ‘Rose, thorn, bud’ exercise can foster mindful connections across generations
I first engaged in the “rose, thorn, bud” exercise during my first year at UCLA with my UCLA Residential Life team, reflecting on the past quarter of community building in our dormitory. Read more...
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February 23, 9:52 pm
Op-ed: California must pass legislation to fully ban no-knock warrants
Amir Locke, a 22-year-old African American man, was shot and killed by the Minneapolis police department while he was sleeping in his apartment. Cause of death? Read more...
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February 16, 10:09 pm
Op-ed: US agencies must ensure equitable access to drugs developed with public funds
As UCLA students and future leaders, lawyers, doctors and advocates, we have successfully put pressure on our own university to amend its patenting and licensing policies to ensure that publicly funded innovations developed on our campus are responsibly sold to the public. Read more...