Bullying should have no sanction. Not on our campus and not in our paper. Nonetheless, over the past month, Graduate Students Association President Milan Chatterjee has been unjustly attacked, bullied and slandered in the pages of the Daily Bruin and on UCLA Listservs. Read more...
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December 3, 8:17 pm
Submission: GSA president not deserving of slander from funding controversy
Community, Opinion
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December 3, 7:05 pm
Submission: USAC bylaw changes allow for better representation of student body
Each year, through democratic elections, thousands of UCLA students choose leaders whom they trust to better our campus and improve the Bruin experience. According to our constitution, the Undergraduate Students Association Council was established to “fairly represent student interest, needs, and welfare,” and “promote the general educational welfare” among other laudable goals. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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December 3, 1:58 am
Letter to the Editor: Bruin columnist oversimplifies group’s stance on Armenian genocide
At no instance during its existence has the Olive Tree Initiative, as an organization, denied the 1915 Armenian genocide. As an Armenian myself, this organization expanded my knowledge of the real consequences of the Armenian genocide. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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November 30, 3:42 pm
Submission: GSA member resigns over duplicitous neutrality policy
In April 2015, I enthusiastically accepted a position as Melnitz Movies co-director, before being appointed as director at beginning of the 2015-2016 academic year. Even though I had enrolled in UCLA to become a film scholar, I could not resist the lure of film programming and curating central to directing Melnitz Movies. Read more...
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November 30, 12:00 am
Submission: Night market shows lack of Taiwanese representation
When I first received a Facebook invitation to the “first-ever night market”, sponsored by USAC’s General Representative 2, I was taken aback. Why and how had I not heard about this before? Read more...
Photo: USAC General Representative 2 Aaliya Khan participates in discussion at a USAC meeting.(Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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November 25, 12:02 am
Submission: Bruin columnist, SJP used selectively leaked information to accuse GSA
Aram Ghoogasian’s unfair and inaccurate portrayal of the Graduate Students Association, along with Students for Justice in Palestine’s usage of uncharitable tactics to express concerns with our funding of a Diversity Caucus Town Hall, leave us very worried about the level and style of political discourse at UCLA. Read more...
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November 24, 3:51 pm
Submission: USAC EVP aims to use student power to cause, enforce change
I first came into this office with the promise of consolidating and leveraging student power to better our lives. I said that we must build a bridge with University of California President Janet Napolitano and the governor’s office. Read more...
