I went to high school in the heart of Washington, D.C. and admittedly, I jaywalked many times in one of the most secure and heavily policed cities in the world. Read more...

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Although last night’s presidential debate had not yet happened as I’m writing this column, I can already tell you what happened: Republican nominee Donald Trump dodged the questions he was asked and instead recited some lines taken out of a conspiracy theorist’s Mad Libs, exciting his supporters and further alienating everyone else. Read more...

Photo: (Creative Commons photo by Gage Skidmore via Flickr)

Freedom of speech does not mean freedom from fact. Last week, Bruin Republicans held an event cleverly titled “Sabine Durden: An Illegal Immigrant Killed My Child,” in which guest speaker and Donald Trump affiliate Sabine Durden spoke about how an undocumented immigrant killed her child. Read more...

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It’s always promising to see progress, but sometimes progress seems to move at a snail’s pace. Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Jerry Kang’s advisory board, announced in September, follows that pace. Read more...

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UCLA is currently en route to its goal of producing zero landfill waste by 2020. That goal is at the risk of hitting a roadblock if the Undergraduate Students Association Council Facilities Commission goes ahead and wastes money on expensive solar umbrellas. Read more...

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It’s 9 a.m., and the professor begins class promptly. Papers ruffle, and the professor’s voice is heard amidst a chorus of coughs, sneezes and sniffles. It’s flu season, and for a campus as large as UCLA, that means sick students – and a lot of them. Read more...

Photo: The Arthur Ashe Center in Bruin Plaza serves as UCLA’s primary medical clinic. It also houses the ASAP Clinic, an urgent care center for students who need immediate medical attention.

SOOF, CPC, CAC, PAB, ASUCLA, USA, SGA, GSA, SWC and even TGIF. As two-year director of an on-campus youth mentorship organization, I still find myself lost in the sea of UCLA funding acronyms. Read more...

Photo: Student organizations in need of money must submit applications through entities such as the Student Organizations, Leadership and Engagement office in Kerckhoff Hall. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)