UCLA should be a place that all students can call home. Too bad there’s a price on that now. Student organizations on campus often like to recognize themselves as part of UCLA, be that through club T-shirts, hats or other accessories. Read more...
Photo: (Juliette Le Saint/Illustrations director)
The University of California Student Association is one of the primary groups advocating for UC students, but it might need some help focusing on what to advocate for. Read more...
If you’re a parent looking for a clean and private place on campus to change your child’s diapers, you’re out of luck. In October 2016, former-president Barack Obama passed the Bathrooms Accessible in Every Situation Act, which requires diaper-changing stations be installed in all public, federal restrooms. Read more...
Photo: (Shreya Mantri/Daily Bruin)
Women are no strangers to sexual harassment. Women constantly dodge unwanted advances, touches and catcalls, often without ever confronting the men harassing them – and that harassment almost feels normal for many women. Read more...
Photo: (Harishwer Balasubramani/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Conventional wisdom holds that smartphone apps make our lives easier. But a confusing glut of apps and digital programs designed to enhance safety at UCLA has done the exact opposite. Read more...
The whistle of a train pierces the quiet afternoon as the carriage rocks from side to side, grimy windows framing a slow-moving California coastline. This may sound like a scene from a docudrama about the California Gold Rush or westward expansion, but it’s actually a description of the antiquated and inconvenient commute many students make today on Amtrak’s Pacific Surfliner, a train that runs between San Diego and San Luis Obispo. Read more...
Photo: Zipcar has a partnership with the University of California, through which students are offered discounted memberships and on-campus access to rentable cars. The UC should expand this partnership to allow students to pick up cars at one campus and drop them off at another. (Creative Commons photo by Mario Roberto Durán Ortiz)
The scariest part of the Hill may not be its annual Haunted Hill, but rather its massive covert programming budget. It’s not cheap to live on the Hill. Read more...
Photo: Residential Life and the On-Campus Housing Council, two entities that host events on the Hill, command programming budgets of $11,000 and $50,00 respectively. However, they don’t disclose how exactly they spend this money, raising transparency concerns. (Daily Bruin file photo)
