Dear Black Bruins, I’m sorry for the “Kanye Western” party thrown by campus groups this week, and since they won’t write you a letter, I will. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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October 12, 12:00 am
Submission: Greek community must stand in solidarity with black Bruins
Community, Opinion
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October 9, 1:58 am
UCLA must not abandon the Hannah Carter Japanese Garden
The Hannah Carter Japanese Garden was the first Japanese-style garden of its scale to be built in Southern California after World War II. When it was donated to UCLA, it was meant to promote East-West understanding as it did for me and my students so very long ago. Read more...
Photo: UCLA settled a three-year lawsuit last week, which allows it to sell the Hannah Carter Japanese Garden in Bel Air so long as the new owner agrees to preserve it for at least 30 years. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Community, Opinion
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October 6, 6:42 am
Submission: Individuals, not ‘society,’ must consciously reject rape culture
Editor’s note: The author of this submission has been left anonymous to protect their safety and privacy. I am a UCLA Bruin. I cheer my lungs out at the Rose Bowl, sit next to you in lecture halls, lift weights at the John Wooden Center and take naps in Powell Library. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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October 2, 1:57 am
Submission: Community would benefit from understanding late alum’s political views
Last week has seen the abrupt departure of one of Israel’s most famous Bruins, Moti (Mordechai) Kirschenbaum. The day before he died was his 76th birthday, which he celebrated with the viewers of his 7 p.m. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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September 29, 6:31 am
Submission: UCLA leadership must better support underrepresented communities
Dear Chancellor Gene Block, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Scott Waugh and Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Jerry Kang: Ignited by the campus climate issues and incidents of the last few years, a group of staff, faculty and students came together to create a transparent space for concerned members of UCLA to engage in open conversations addressing campus climate and articulating transformative visions for the inaugural vice chancellor of equity, diversity and inclusion, Dr. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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September 25, 7:00 am
Submission: Queer Alliance seeks to provide much-needed intersectional, safe space
Editor’s note: Some of this submission’s authors have requested their names be altered because they are unable to express their sexuality or gender identity in their personal lives outside the UCLA community. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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September 24, 8:47 am
Submission: Job stability is the only difference between lecturers, professors
On your first day of class, you will probably assume that the instructor at the front of the room is a professor, right? You’ve got about a 50-50 chance of being right. Read more...
Photo: Lecturers gathered for National Adjunct Walkout Day in February to inform the UCLA community of adjunct faculty members’ struggles with job insecurity from term to term. (Daily Bruin file photo)