The referendum on June 23 gave Britons an opportunity to kick the political establishment, and they took it. The United Kingdom will now exit the European Union. Read more...
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July 2, 3:10 pm
Submission: Young progressives should learn from Brexit to prevent Trump victory
Community, Opinion
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June 26, 8:44 pm
Keshav Tadimeti: Administration should improve communication with undergraduates
For the record, in my one year at UCLA I have only ever seen one of the Murphy Hall tenants in person. Actually, make that two: I not only had the good fortune of listening to Vice Chancellor Jerry Kang during the fall 2015 Diversity Caucus, but I also got to witness Chancellor Gene Block walk across Bruin Plaza while busily looking at his phone. Read more...
Photo: (Harishwer Balasubramani/Daily Bruin)
Community, Opinion
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June 23, 3:28 pm
Submission: As public transit moves forward, remember bus is no substitute for rail
The Expo Line’s opening marks the end not only of UCLA’s transit isolation from the rest of the city, but of LA’s era of being made to put up with transit half-measures. Read more...
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June 19, 9:49 pm
Submission: Lack of racial equity in justice system justifies protesters’ agendas
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...
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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...
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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...