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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October 2, 1:57 am
Submission: Community would benefit from understanding late alum’s political views
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)
Community, Opinion
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September 18, 9:46 pm
Submission: Arthur Wang’s generalizations of Chinese nationals promote prejudice
Overgeneralization threatens our campus. Misunderstanding and prejudice based on bold speculation from within the student body have been harming our campus climate for years. Allowing Arthur Wang’s words to be taken at face value without input from the other side only exacerbates such problems. Read more...
Photo: A variety of students walking outside Royce Hall. (Creative Commons photo by SnippyHolloW via Flickr)
Community, Opinion
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September 18, 9:45 pm
Submission: Reading fiction crucial for broadening social awareness
I often wonder how many college students read fiction if not for the purpose of writing a course paper. Many students would claim that the sheer amount of work from their classes and jobs do not leave them any time to read for “pleasure.” However, reading a great work of fiction is invaluable for reasons other than pleasure, especially for college students. Read more...
Photo: A collection of fiction from a book sale. (Creative Commons photo by Brittany Stevens via Flickr)
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September 16, 2:32 pm
Submission: UC should not adopt anti-Semitism definition that endangers open debate
This summer has seen a debate over whether the UC Board of Regents should adopt a controversial definition of anti-Semitism that categorizes certain speech critical of Israeli policies as anti-Semitic. Read more...