Seventy percent of University of California workers find it difficult to make ends meet with the wages currently given to them by the UC system, according to a new study from Occidental College. Read more...
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October 23, 8:21 pm
Guillaume Kosmala: Students should vote for propositions JJJ, HHH to end homelessness in LA
The other day I biked down to Target, hoping this time I wouldn’t see the same lady I always see laying outside. I was deeply saddened to see that for the third year running, she was still sitting at the same spot. Read more...
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October 20, 10:41 pm
Aaron Julian: City officials should use traffic violations for safety, not revenue
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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October 20, 10:26 am
Chris Campbell: Mike Pence must be held accountable for role in Donald Trump’s campaign
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...
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October 18, 9:18 pm
Karishma Daibee: Bruin Republicans event promotes hate, not discourse
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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October 17, 10:07 pm
Jasmine Aquino: Jerry Kang’s student board needs to refocus priorities before it can create change
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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October 16, 6:18 pm
Abhishek Shetty: USAC should focus on more economic projects, not solar umbrellas
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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