“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 26, 12:45 pm
Op-ed: UC tuition hikes hurt prospective out-of-state and international students
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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...
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April 11, 2:05 am
Op-ed: I once was endorsed to be the Daily Bruin’s editor in chief. I agree with staffers’ concerns.
For the past eight years, I have worked in big newsrooms like the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times, and have learned a thing or two about office politics. Read more...
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April 10, 1:01 pm
Op-ed: AFSCME to go on strike to protest alleged worker intimidation, free speech issues
Over the last year, University of California workers have gone on strike three different times. These disruptions have been precipitated in part by the University’s failure to negotiate fair contracts with the workers who make our state’s third-largest employer run every day. Read more...
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April 10, 12:30 pm
Letter to our readers: Why Daily Bruin staffers are going on strike
To the Associated Students UCLA Communications Board, Jacob Preal, Abigail Goldman, Doria Deen and the readers of the Daily Bruin, We, the undersigned, are writing to express dissent and disappointment with the ASUCLA Communications Board’s vote to appoint an editor in chief against the staff’s recommendation. Read more...
Photo: (Liz Ketcham/Assistant Photo editor)
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April 10, 12:26 pm
Letter to the editor: Communications Board defends deliberation and decision of next editor in chief
To the undersigned members of UCLA student media, Thank you for the open letter we received regarding your concern over the appointment of the editor in chief for the Daily Bruin for the 2019-2020 academic year. Read more...