No shoes, no shirt, no service. This isn’t just a silly slogan found outside beachfront restaurants; it is also the UCLA dress code for its residential dining halls, which can be found online. Read more...
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May 2, 10:21 pm
Keshav Tadimeti: State legislators need to stay out of UC transparency problem
Sacramento is having a field day. A recent state audit found the University of California Office of the President failed to disclose nearly $175 million in budget reserves and claimed UC executive employees receive unnecessarily excessive salaries and benefits. Read more...
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May 1, 11:38 pm
Emily Merz: UC must focus on student food insecurity with long-term solutions
UCLA tour guides will tell you the campus has the best dining hall food in the country. But far from the comfort of 19 Premier meal plans and omelet bars, many students barely have enough nutritious food to get through the day. Read more...
Photo: UCLA needs to create its own long-term food stamp program to address food insecurity on campus. (Habeba Mostafa/Daily Bruin)
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April 27, 8:21 pm
Jacqueline Alvarez: Housing-first approach must be prioritized for homeless in Westwood
Tony Perez has been living inside his cramped Chevy Cruz for almost 2 years. The fourth-year psychology student became homeless in the fall of 2015 when he was unable to obtain student loans, making him incapable of paying UCLA Housing’s hefty room and boarding bill. Read more...
Photo: Westwood has a small but prominent homeless population. A housing-first approach emphasizing permanent housing could help these people stablize their living situations. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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April 26, 11:01 pm
Clea Wurster: UCLA libraries’ 24-hour policies encourage unhealthy study habits
It’s 3 a.m. and you saunter over to the library’s coffee machine to snag yet another cup of lukewarm, dishwater-tasting coffee and trudge back to your desk. Read more...
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April 26, 10:58 pm
Pravin Visakan: Removing unfair tampon tax would reduce financial burden on students
Like the children of a warm paternalistic guardian, some Bruins like to regard our state with tender and patriotic feelings. However, like a relative with a dark secret, California has a long history of unfairly extorting “blood money” from some of its citizens: Specifically, it taxes sales of menstrual products and diapers. Read more...
Photo: California Assembly Bill 479, which was introduced last month, would remove the state’s tax on tampons and place a sin tax on alcohol instead. This bill should be supported by students. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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April 25, 10:01 pm
Abhishek Shetty: USAC candidates’ sanctuary campus platforms are infeasible
This post was updated on April 25 at 4 p.m. The year is 2018. America is a dumpster fire. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has expanded into an unimaginably large and unchecked network, almost like a secret police. Read more...
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