An open letter to administration, The Disabled Student Union is appalled to learn of the decision made by UCLA administration to reduce the number of units students with the Center for Accessible Education accommodation are allowed to receive during priority enrollment. Read more...
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June 2, 1:42 pm
Op-ed: Nuvie Ewharekuko ignites change as first Black ASA president
This post was updated June 4 at 1:04 p.m. The past year’s events have awakened a spirit in me I am proud to have unleashed, and I want to encourage everyone to choose discomfort and advocate for change. Read more...
Photo: Left to right: Ashley Johnson, Black Business Student Association co-president; Jordie Ho-Shue, Women’s Business Connection co-president; Kelsey Paul Emory, BBSA co-president; Nuvie Ewharekuko, Anderson Student Association president. (Courtesy of Nuvie Ewharekuko)
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May 31, 9:11 pm
Op-ed: Dialogue about Israeli-Palestinian conflict must avoid oversimplification
In recent days, we, and many other Jewish student leaders on our campus, have seen our campus spaces engulfed in a debate over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Read more...
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May 27, 8:23 pm
Letter to the Editor: Editorial on UCPD policy changes lacks context, information
Dear editor: I write in response to your May 14 editorial on policing and public safety at the University of California. I appreciate your coverage of this important issue and want to provide crucial context that the piece lacks. Read more...
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May 25, 5:39 pm
Op-ed: UCLA administration must heed data supporting abolishing of UCPD
An open letter to UCLA administration and professor Tyrone Howard and Rasha Gerges Shields, co-chairs of UCLA public safety commission: Tuesday marks the first anniversary of the killing of George Floyd by police. Read more...
Photo: One year after the killing of George Floyd, the Divest/Invest UCLA Faculty Collective renews its calls for university administrators to abolish UCPD. (Courtesy of the Divest/Invest UCLA Faculty Collective)
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May 12, 2:38 pm
Op-ed: UC student researchers union would protect LGBTQ+ rights, ensure adequate wages
As a graduate student researcher in the Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Physiology graduate program at UCLA, I spend my days studying sleep. Recently, I’ve been spending my nights working on another project important to me both as a worker and also as a person who has begun transitioning from male to female: forming a union for student researchers at the University of California. Read more...
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May 10, 3:48 pm
Op-ed: UCLA must ensure open access to COVID-19-related intellectual property
On March 16, the University of California made history. It signed an open-access agreement with Elsevier – the largest scientific publisher in the world – ensuring that articles published by UC affiliates in thousands of Elsevier journals, including the prestigious Lancet and Cell Press, will be available worldwide at no cost. Read more...