These past few years have been filled with protests and calls for justice from communities of color, especially the African-American community, regarding the ever-present racism in the criminal justice system. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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June 19, 9:49 pm
Submission: Lack of racial equity in justice system justifies protesters’ agendas
Community, Opinion
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June 18, 1:00 pm
Submission: UCLA must do more to prepare for emergency situations
Since our last letter to the editor, the BruinAlert system has taken steps to improve its message content and has limited the frequency of its test alerts. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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June 5, 3:15 pm
Submission: Attacks on statistics lecturer Vivian Lew are based on misinformation
When UCLA statistics lecturer Vivian Lew received the alert of police activity in Engineering IV, she immediately thought of her students’ safety. There was an exam scheduled for her Statistics 20 students in a nearby building, so she hastily sent an email instructing them to ignore the scheduled location and avoid the area, reassuring them that they would have the opportunity to take the exam at a later time. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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June 3, 3:12 pm
Submission: Bruin Republicans’ talk on feminism shortsighted, destructive
Bruin Republicans has stated in its mission statement that it is dedicated to promoting “calm debate on campus and constructive dialogue.” So, they hosted Milo Yiannopoulos for a talk entitled “Feminism is Cancer.” Yiannopoulos, a reporter for Breitbart, is notorious for comments he has made, including his claim that women want men to commit more rapes because women want “more to complain about.” We, at Bruin Democrats, were understandably confused as to how “calm debate” and “constructive dialogue” would result from such an event. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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June 3, 1:51 pm
Submission: UC should extend educational programs to prisons to reduce recidivism rates
As of 2014, California had more state prisons and jails than University of California and California State University campuses combined. In the past few decades, California’s prison spending has spiked, which has had a detrimental effect on higher education and rehabilitation services. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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June 2, 2:45 pm
Submission: Commission has been accommodating of concerns in past, continues to be
The Student Wellness Commission recognizes Juliette Virzi's opinions regarding the presence of alcohol at SWC retreats. SWC works continually and diligently to foster inclusivity in all health and wellness events and programming organized, especially within the Active Minds and Bruin Consent Coalition committees.SWC retreats are for staff development, and Student Government Accounting-approved retreat agendas reflect this. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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May 30, 9:44 pm
Submission: Community action needed against sexual harassment on campus
Sexual harassment and assault, and more generally rape culture, is an acute problem on campuses across the country. Most recently, a public outcry over a series of mishandled cases at UC Berkeley resulted in the removal of faculty members from campus. Read more...