The UCLA community is buzzing with reports of lawsuits, accidents and UCPD crackdowns caused by Bird scooters. While students praise the service for providing easy and cheap transportation, Bird must be held responsible for the costs it is handing over to tax and tuition payers by allowing riders to ignore parking and traffic rules. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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February 28, 12:46 am
Submission: Enforcing geofencing could limit Birds nesting in inconsiderate locations
Community, Opinion
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February 27, 11:23 pm
Letter to the editor: Blame fowl behavior for bird-brained scooter roosting, not company
Bird scooters have descended on our campus, much to the delight of harried students and thrill-seekers. Yet the members of the Daily Bruin’s Opinion staff seem intent on continuously objecting to this great boon to humanity. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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February 27, 3:04 am
Submission: Hispanic-serving institution grant would benefit low-income students
Latino and low-income students at UCLA must ensure the campus administration applies for the university to become a Hispanic-serving institution. The U.S. Department of Education defines an HSI as an institution that has an enrollment of undergraduate full-time students that is at least 25 percent Hispanic. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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February 22, 10:51 pm
Letter to the Editor: Lawsuit against Metro’s Purple Line Extension justified
As a parent of two students in the Beverly Hills Unified School District and a lecturer at UCLA, I disagree with the opinion column titled, “Opinion editors: Beverly Hills Unified’s incessant lawsuits are at Angelenos’ expense” published in the Daily Bruin. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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February 20, 10:25 pm
Letter to the editor: Yiannopoulos affair highlights need for reasoned, respectful discourse
With the recent cancellation of the Milo Yiannopoulos speaking event hosted by the Bruin Republicans, Young Americans for Freedom at UCLA, a conglomerate of Bruin conservatives, believes it is important to learn from the mistakes of such events, clarify the purpose of inviting speakers and reiterate the importance of having an open marketplace of ideas. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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February 12, 11:00 pm
Submission: Student groups in need of money can apply for new USAC Surplus Fund
If you had $100,000 to improve quality of life for students at UCLA, what would you spend it on? Now, imagine if you could get a portion of that $100,000, and all you had to do was apply for it. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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February 6, 10:55 pm
Submission: Insider Academic Senate appointments perpetuate USAC bureaucracy
On Jan. 30, 2018, the Undergraduate Students Association Council’s Academic Affairs Commissioner, Divya Sharma, wrote a submission in the Daily Bruin regarding his appointments to the Academic Senate. Read more...