This post was updated May 21 at 11:28 a.m. Dear Editor, Earlier this month, Opinion columnist Lena Nguyen criticized the character and reputation of my colleague, Jeffrey Brantingham, an anthropology professor, in an Opinion column titled “Predictive policing algorithm perpetuates racial profiling by LAPD.” The piece maligned the nature of his work and contributions to the public – joining other attacks on his work in the past few weeks. Read more...
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May 20, 11:05 pm
Letter to the editor: Public perception of predictive policing is wrong, it can help reduce crime
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May 9, 10:46 pm
Op-ed: UCLA, LA health officials effectively collaborated to prevent spread of measles
The Daily Bruin’s recent editorial criticizing the university’s response to a measles outbreak not only mischaracterized UCLA’s actions, but did not include all of the facts. Read more...
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May 7, 1:38 pm
Letter to the editor: Renée and David Kaplan deserve a building named after them
Dear Editor, The Daily Bruin ran a front-page story April 23 headlined “UCLA community questions fairness of naming buildings after donors.” The article quoted those who questioned the naming of buildings after individuals who may not share “our values.” The accompanying text and photo used the Renée and David Kaplan Hall on the campus’ central quadrangle as an example of this practice. Read more...
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May 6, 12:04 am
Letter to the editor: UCLA hospitality facilities further university’s public service mission
Dear editor, This is a letter responding to the Opinion column titled “Mind Your Business: UCLA hotels detract funding from more pressing issues, compromise local business.” The purpose and function of UCLA facilities, like the UCLA Tiverton House, the Guest House, the Lake Arrowhead Conference Center and the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center, is to support UCLA’s mission of education, research and public service at a lower cost than other alternatives. Read more...
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April 26, 12:45 pm
Op-ed: UC tuition hikes hurt prospective out-of-state and international students
“Education is our passport to the future,” Malcolm X famously said. Similarly, George Washington Carver remarked that education is a key to “unlock the golden door of freedom.” Ostensibly, without education, one has no future and no prospects to freedom. Read more...
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April 23, 10:53 pm
Op-ed: STEM students are subject to arbitrarily harsh, mentally taxing grading schemes
As soon as a grueling STEM test ends, I always think to myself how everyone did on the exam. Did everyone score high or did everyone score low? Read more...
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April 16, 9:38 pm
Op-ed: Intergenerational trauma affects mental health of Southeast Asian-Americans
I am a second-generation Vietnamese immigrant, a child of refugees from the Vietnam War who lives in the heart of Little Saigon, California. My hometown has one of the highest concentrations of Vietnamese people outside of Vietnam, and I am, according to statistical analysis, more likely than the average white American to suffer from depression, all things considered equal. Read more...