Dear Daily Bruin Editorial Board: We at Big Blue Bus were delighted to see you take on the cause of raising awareness of what might impede students from using the new Expo Light Rail, and we applaud your restating the planned Big Blue Bus options to the station, which are Big Blue Bus Routes 8 and 12 – soon to be combined with Rapid 12. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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March 15, 12:00 am
Letter to the Editor: Big Blue Bus’ plan for new Expo Line increases efficiency
Community, Opinion
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March 11, 12:09 pm
Submission: Student event will center on solidarity, intersectionality to raise awareness
In an effort to promote education and a sense of community among all Bruins, the Asian American Studies M119: “Asian American and Pacific Islander Labor Issues” course will hold an event centered on solidarity in the face of injustice. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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March 6, 10:40 pm
Letter to the Editor: Protesters must direct efforts toward those with power to enact change
I applaud the activism of students who demonstrated on March 2 to show their strong disagreement with the punishment that the UCLA administration has fixed in the sexual harassment case that has distressed my department, the student body and the entire campus for many months now. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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February 28, 11:16 pm
Letter to the Editor: Daily Bruin editorial misrepresents sexual assault reporting policy
The Daily Bruin’s editorial “New sexual assault policy harms survivors” contains several serious inaccuracies or misrepresentations that must be corrected. First, the editorial incorrectly describes the policy’s “responsible employee” provision, which in fact only applies when employees learn of an incident in the course of their employment. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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February 26, 12:22 am
Submission: CAPS must improve accessibility to better serve UCLA community
In 2015, the University of California Student Association adopted the hashtag #HowAreYou, a call to increase “access to counseling, staff diversity to reflect the identities and experiences of the student body and outreach regarding the availability of services” as its undergraduate campaign. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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February 25, 12:49 am
Submission: Student response to death of Justice Antonin Scalia hurts Bruin values
Editor’s note: We verified claims in this submission that some students celebrated Justice Antonin Scalia’s death on social media prior to publication, but decided to not cite specific examples to protect students’ privacy. Read more...
Photo: After U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died Feb. 13, many took to social media to comment on the life of the controversial justice, with some liberals on campus expressing joy that his conservatism would no longer influence the court. (Creative Commons by Levan Ramishvili via Flickr)
Community, Opinion
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February 24, 12:00 am
Submission: Imbalanced reporting on USAC EVP compromises journalistic integrity
The Daily Bruin has too frequently tested both the boundary of fact and my patience. For the past few weeks, reporters for the Daily Bruin, who are apparently also allowed to write as opinion columnists, have launched a smear campaign against the character and actions of not only the Undergraduate Students Association Council external vice president, Zach Helder, but me and all of the staff I oversee as Helder’s chief of staff. Read more...
