This post was updated Oct. 19 at 1:30 a.m. With the November general election around the corner, the Daily Bruin Editorial Board has deliberated upon and decided which propositions and candidates to endorse on the Los Angeles County ballot. Read more...
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Survivors of sexual assault at the University of California might finally have a shot at justice. California Assembly Bill 3092 gives survivors of sexual assault until the end of 2021 to file charges in response to incidents of sexual assault at UC clinics that occurred from 1983 to 2019. Read more...
This post was updated Oct. 4 at 9:39 p.m. It’s an old saying, but UCLA would be wise to heed it: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Read more...
Administrators have said time and again they support students, but their convenient disregard for Bruins’ financial realities says otherwise. Students have lost jobs, research positions and opportunities to meaningfully learn from and interact with faculty with the mass transition to online learning this year. Read more...
In a crisis, one might hope for decisive leadership from their university. Shared governance is supposed to allow faculty to have agency over important academic matters. Read more...
UCLA’s student government has taken steps to elevate underrepresented voices. And frankly, it’s more than the University of California could be doing. The Undergraduate Students Association Council Office of the President announced a new Congressional Advisory Board composed of student organizations and advocacy groups to review USAC’s surplus allocations, introduce joint resolutions with the council and address USAC on issues concerning its member organizations. Read more...
UCLA’s projected plan to increase its UCPD budget by more than $500,000 this year despite clear opposing demands from students defies logic. This increased funding comes amid protests calling to defund police over numerous complaints of police use of force against people of color, calls to increase funds for community programs, about $1.8 billion in revenue loss as of July to the University of California because of COVID-19 and a pandemic that will limit the number of students on campus. Read more...
