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...
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February 9, 1:44 pm
Op-ed: UCLA continues to disregard student safety following school threat
Last week, we endured what many of us fear the most: the threat of a mass shooting on a college campus. Many of us grew up hearing about the Las Vegas massacre, the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School – each bringing their own feelings of horror and sorrow at the lives that were lost without cause. Read more...
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January 24, 4:58 pm
Op-ed: TFT must implement casting reform to better on-stage representation of disability
Growing up as a disabled person knowing no other disabled people, I looked to my local children’s theater group as a refuge. This was my community – an accepting, inclusive, artistic one that didn’t care that I was disabled. Read more...
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January 8, 1:16 pm
Op-ed: Black women excel in academics, yet face imposter syndrome
“Are you a student here? What are you doing here?” Those were the first words I received at 10:30 a.m. on a Thursday when I walked into the building for my class last December. Read more...
Photo: Ph.D. student Sonya Brooks stands outside Royce Hall upon graduating UCLA in 2019. In this column, Brooks explores the struggles and triumphs she’s faced as a Black woman in academia – and shares her commitment to supporting Black girls everywhere. (Courtesy of Sonya Brooks)