A number of questions still need answering as UCLA steadily approaches the upcoming academic and athletic year. Currently, UCLA Athletics only notes positive cases on UCLA’s official COVID-19 tracker, which does not distinguish between student-athletes and other students on campus. Read more...
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August 3, 5:18 pm
Editorial: UCLA needs to stand up to legal databases with ties to ICE, promote alternatives
UCLA has long claimed to be a champion for undocumented students, but contracts speak louder than words. Specifically, contracts with legal databases that sell information to the U.S. Read more...
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July 28, 2:08 pm
Editorial: Lack of transparent financial aid practices forces stressful choices on students
Communication has never been UCLA’s strong suit. But this past weekend, the university reached a new low. Some students checked their inboxes Saturday and found an unexpectedly low financial aid package for the 2020-2021 school year. Read more...
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July 20, 2:41 pm
Editorial: UCLA should support NWWNC’s parking plan to reduce housing insecurity amid pandemic
This post was updated July 20 at 11:40 p.m. All talk, no action. It’s UCLA’s signature response to issues that affect Bruins most. And for students planning to return to Westwood in the fall, housing insecurity is the latest issue to get the university’s cold shoulder. Read more...
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July 8, 5:23 pm
Editorial: UCLA must support its international students in wake of ICE guidelines
“Give me your tired, your poor, / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,” reads the poem engraved on the Statue of Liberty. Unless, of course, the huddled masses are undocumented immigrants, legal immigrants — or more recently, nonimmigrant international students. Read more...
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July 6, 4:35 pm
Editorial: UCLA must divest from UCPD, LAPD to stop perpetuating problematic systems
Campus leaders have spoken: defunding and divesting from law enforcement are the only real options. George Floyd’s death while in custody of the Minneapolis police in May sparked nationwide protests against racial injustice, including one at UCLA. Read more...
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June 29, 8:23 pm
Editorial: UCLA funding a Black Resource Center shows student activism works, must go further
UCLA’s campus was virtually devoid of activity for the first nine weeks of spring quarter. Then, during week 10, hundreds of students gathered in front of Royce Hall to protest police brutality. Read more...