To the UCLA community: As part of the first annual Faculty Day of Action on April 16, 2015, UCLA faculty and graduate students are taking a stand with survivors of sexual violence by demanding more transparency and accountability in the way our university handles Title IX cases. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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April 16, 12:18 am
Submission: Greater action against sexual violence needed for safer UCLA community
Community, Opinion
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April 14, 12:04 am
Students should sympathize with, not politicize, different identities
Over the course of the past few quarters at UCLA, one thing has become abundantly clear: Our campus climate is anything but perfect. Between the politicization of different identities and tokenization of certain experiences, it unfortunately has become increasingly difficult for us as students to have faith in the sincerity of others. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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April 10, 2:30 am
Submission: UCLA professors should include more female scholars in coursework
Last week I went to class excited. As a graduating senior, I was overwhelmed by the bittersweet experience of my “last first day of school.” I sat down in my first seminar, a class I had been waiting for four years to take, and skimmed the syllabus. Read more...
Community
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April 7, 12:00 am
Submission: CALCASA’s support of SB 668 betrays wishes of student survivors, activists
At the urging of University of California student survivors and activists, the UC President’s Task Force on Preventing and Responding to Sexual Violence and Sexual Assault produced a mandated recommendation for all UC campuses to have a confidential and privileged advocate on each campus. Read more...
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April 3, 1:13 am
Submission: Ashe Center offers yoga to help reduce chronic stress in students
As a leader in the forefront of healthcare, UCLA’s Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center now offers its students free, specialized yoga classes that address the prevalent negative effects of chronic stress that many students experience. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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April 1, 12:00 am
Submission: Support of new bill would reduce tobacco-related diseases
On Feb. 26, Senator Richard Pan (D-Sacramento) and Assemblyman Rob Bonta (D-Oakland) introduced Senate Bill 591 in the California State Legislature. The main provision of SB 591, also known as the California Tobacco Tax Act of 2015, is to raise the current tax on tobacco products of 87 cents per pack by $2. Read more...
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March 30, 11:57 pm
Submission: Diversity requirement key to UCLA principles, tackling global issues
On behalf of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion specialists and associate deans of UCLA, we write to express our strong support of the proposed College of Letters and Science undergraduate diversity course requirement, which amends Divisional Regulation A-458. Read more...