Last Friday’s Undergraduate Students Association Council candidates debate was meant to be an important platform for uninformed voters to learn about the election. Instead, it turned out be a mutual-admiration society between overexcited supporters and their deities. Read more...
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It didn’t take long for the student government election to spiral out of control. Before voting even began, it came to light that the Social Justice Referendum campaign had outspent the agreed-upon campaign finance limit nearly tenfold. Read more...
Photo: The Social Justice Referendum of 2016 continued campaigning Tuesday after an all-day sanction was suspended by the USAC Judicial Board. While the referendum’s campaign claimed the sanction was unfair, its disregard for the electionwide rules it previously agreed to follow threatens student democracy in the future. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
The Daily Bruin is not just a newspaper. Sure, when it’s lying on the ground next to a trash can on Bruin Walk, I’m sure the Daily Bruin might seem like it’s just a newspaper. Read more...
There’s been a lot of kerfuffle over incumbent United Students Association Council External Vice President Zach Helder’s tenure, and at the center of the fuss is his use of the term “depoliticized” to describe his vision of the office. Read more...
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The drama unfolding 15 miles west of Sacramento is worthy of its own television adaptation. University of California, Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi is currently at the center of so many significant controversies that you can’t count them on one hand. Read more...
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Ever since they gained independence from Britain in 1947, a perpetual state of heightened tension has existed between India and Pakistan due to the disputed territory of Kashmir, with war ensuing on three occasions even as recently as 1999. Read more...
UCLA’s outreach is not just limited to the bounds of Westwood, Los Angeles, or even California. In fact, programs such as the UC-Mexico Initiative have ensured its influence is international. Read more...
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