Today, more than 7 million students, including 39 percent of Bruins, rely on Federal Pell Grants to help pay for college. However, Congress has proposed a $3.3 billion cut to Pell Grant funding for the 2018 fiscal year. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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November 12, 11:20 pm
Submission: Bruins should assemble to protect funding for Pell, Cal Grants
Community, Opinion
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November 12, 11:16 pm
Letter to the Editor: Free speech center plans to fully engage campuses, students
Keshav Tadimeti’s recent Opinion column about the University of California’s new National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement, titled “New free speech center should be proactive, localize campus operations,” downplays the extent to which the center and its fellows will engage with UC students and campuses. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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November 3, 3:05 pm
Submission: UCLA dance teams deserve designated practice spaces, not parking lots
If you are looking for an article describing the obstacles dancers face in their everyday struggle of dancing in parking lots, this piece will only give you a taste of our reality. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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October 31, 11:20 pm
Submission: Growing reliance on part-time faculty shortchanges instructors, students
When someone asks me what I do for a living, I say I’m a teacher. “Oh?” they ask. “What grade?” “Actually, I teach university students, at UCLA,” I say. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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October 31, 11:16 pm
Submission: Rewriting Westwood’s specific plan would help neighborhood reach full potential
It is an exciting time to be in Westwood, and I believe our district is on the rise. This past year, many new businesses opened, and more are coming. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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October 26, 11:06 pm
Submission: Misinformed accusations prevent reasoned discussion on immigration
For the second time in less than two months, the Daily Bruin Opinion page has seen fit to print a personal attack on me. Once again, the submission, this time written by Justino Mora, an alumnus, is a diatribe full of factual errors and guilt-by-association arguments. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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October 24, 10:06 pm
Submission: Intolerant policies warrant nonviolent protests, not civil discourse
In the context of a fascist regime in power, you cannot have “civil discourse” with fascists. Conservative campus groups like the Young Americans for Freedom, an appendage group of the Young America’s Foundation, receive millions of dollars in subsidies and backing to fund speakers who do not recognize the humanity of whole sections of people, such as throughdenigrating undocumented immigrants. Read more...