With the 2017 Undergraduate Student Association Council elections in full swing, tensions between campaigns are starting to flare. But we need to remember a few important things between social media filled with campaign photos, election board hashtags and Facebook posts longer than most essays I’ve written during my four years in college. Read more...
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May 2, 2:46 pm
Submission: Students must commit to respect, civility during USAC election season
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May 1, 9:06 pm
Submission: Bruins United leaders uphold prejudice, manipulate minority candidates
During my first year at UCLA, I was elected Transfer Student Representative by running with the Bruins United slate. At the time, I felt BU was my second home. Read more...
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April 27, 5:33 pm
Submission: UC should emphasize child care coverage as alternative to abortion
On April 12, an informative article appeared in the Daily Bruin about a new legislative proposal known as Senate Bill 320. The bill would require the University of California to cover abortifacient, or abortion-causing, medication in order to continue to receive state funding for student health insurance coverage. Read more...
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April 25, 9:57 pm
Submission: Students can engage in suicide prevention through advocacy, support
After the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s Out of the Darkness Campus Walk to fight suicide at UCLA on Sunday and Andiver Castellanos’ Daily Bruin column on mental health Monday, it’s more important than ever that students engage mental health and suicide prevention head-on. Read more...
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April 18, 10:31 pm
Submission: UCLA must better educate students on active shooter protocol
As we approach the first anniversary of UCLA professor William Klug’s death, the UCLA community has an opportunity to reflect upon an experience which has become all too common in this nation. Read more...
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April 13, 10:03 pm
Submission: Weekly protests resist normalization of Trump administration
A group of students, staff and faculty stand in front of Bunche Hall with protest signs every Monday. We gather there to bear witness to the Orwellian nightmare that is the presidency of Donald Trump, and to let the world know that we cannot let this become normal. Read more...
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April 6, 9:40 pm
Submission: Students should defend pursuit of knowledge through March for Science
There is a growing disparity between scientists’ and the general public’s views on a number of issues central to public policy, such as the safety of genetically modified foods and pesticides, human activity as a cause of global warming and childhood vaccinations. Read more...