It happens like clockwork. Though they may live anywhere from the United States to Chile, Lebanon to France, or Canada to Syria, when Palestinians in exile first meet, it is common for one to ask where the other is from in Palestine. Read more...
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May 18, 1:53 am
Submission: SJP invites UCLA community to learn about Nakba, its consequences
Community, Opinion
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May 15, 1:01 am
Submission: Department of Urban Planning must let all students walk at graduation
At the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, master of urban and regional planning students are banned from participating in their cohort’s commencement ceremony unless all degree requirements have been completed in their entirety. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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May 12, 12:29 am
Submission: State should prioritize students, reinvest in higher education
Editor’s Note: A truncated version of this submission was first published by The Sacramento Bee. It has been edited for Daily Bruin style and reprinted below. Read more...
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May 8, 3:04 am
Submission: UCLA needs to publicly condemn acts of racism
On Wednesday, April 29, multiple self-made stickers were placed on UCLA’s Afrikan Student Union’s bulletin board outside of our office in Kerckhoff 322. On the stickers was an image of a police officer with the caption above stating “Stop whining and start following the goddamn law!” Other self-made stickers with similar messages have appeared throughout the university – specifically found in locations known to be safe and familiar to Black students, including near the Academic Advancement Program building that historically has worked to serve underserved, underrepresented students. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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May 6, 12:25 am
Letter to the Editor: Hypocrisy should be avoided when addressing terrorism
Dear editor, Your April 30 article reported that former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton, in a campus lecture, criticized the United Nations for failing to “urgently confront terrorism after the Pan Am 103 bombing.” Indeed, the Dec. Read more...
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May 6, 12:23 am
Letter to the Editor: Bruins should debate complex issues with empathy, sensitivity
May 4, 2015 To the Daily Bruin editor: Last week, in the midst of the Baltimore protests, several inflammatory stickers appeared on campus, including two posted on the door of the Afrikan Student Union. Read more...
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May 5, 12:11 am
Submission: New EVP plans to focus on action, unity for office
It’s no secret that I am a fan of the Kennedy family. As I prepare to take office, I look to the words of JFK and am reminded of the reality of our current situation: “We observe today not a victory of party, but a celebration of freedom. Read more...