My name is Shubham Goel and I am the founder and sole representative of UCLA’s new undergraduate student government slate MakeUCLAGreatAgain. Over the past couple weeks, I have been asked to my face if I am a joke or if I am serious. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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May 4, 4:37 pm
Submission: MakeUCLAGreatAgain’s Shubham Goel serious about candidacy
Community, Opinion
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May 3, 12:00 am
Letter to the Editor: AFSCME protests against Luskin Center hiring discredit UCLA efforts
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 continued its protests against UCLA’s Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center on Thursday. At this and other recent protests, AFSCME and its members have mischaracterized the staffing plan for the Luskin Center, scheduled to open in August, and we are concerned that this activity is misleading the public and the campus community. Read more...
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May 3, 12:00 am
Letter to the Editor: UC-Mexico Initiative not in jeopardy
Dear Editor: Thank you for your recent column drawing attention to the UC-Mexico Initiative, an important University of California program that President Janet Napolitano launched in January 2014. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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May 2, 10:17 pm
Submission: EVP candidate Ria Jain appears to exaggerate experiences
The first day I stepped foot onto campus as a newly admitted Bruin was for transfer orientation day two years ago. As my orientation day went on and on, I got to know a little bit more about my fellow orientation group members. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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April 25, 9:59 pm
Submission: Empowering Clothesline Display violated by theft
Twenty years of T-shirts. Twenty years of truth. This was how we, the co-directors of Bruin Consent Coalition, formerly 7000 in Solidarity: A Campaign Against Sexual Assault, started a blog post we released at the beginning of last week – a concise commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Clothesline Display at UCLA. Read more...
Photo: Every shirt in the Clothesline Display at UCLA represented a survivor’s story in the aftermath of sexual and gender-based violence. A stolen shirt represents a survivor silenced and unsupported, and is unacceptable. (Anthony Tran/Daily Bruin)
Community, Opinion
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April 25, 9:58 pm
Submission: UC students should collaborate to tackle middle-income struggles
When Danny McElaney checked his BruinBill last year and saw that he had received $140 though California’s Middle Class Scholarship, he laughed. McElaney, a second-year economics student, has one working parent who makes too much to qualify for financial aid through the University of California, but far too little to cover the costs of education for Danny and his two siblings. Read more...
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April 25, 12:00 am
Letter to the Editor: Sanders, Clinton should not disavow Jewish voices against occupation
If Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders must fire Simone Zimmerman, his Jewish outreach coordinator, for criticizing the Israeli occupation of Palestine and its overseer Benjamin Netanyahu, Hillary Clinton has some similar house-cleaning to do. Read more...