The swift 10-week transition from high school graduate to integrated college student has felt like a lifetime to me. Although it was only a quarter ago, I still remember the excitement of leaving the homogeneous, quiet suburbs to live in the bustling city of Los Angeles. Read more...
Photo: First-year business economics student Tavian Williams (pictured) describes how the first quarter at UCLA presents students with new challenges and learning lessons. (Courtesy of Tavian Williams)
On the ninth hole of a local golf tournament, my playing partner made an unprompted comment about humanity’s good nature. “Most people aren’t racist,” he confidently noted. Read more...
Photo: Opinion columnist Russell Ahmed, pictured, leans against a brick wall in downtown Columbus, Ohio. (courtesy of Russell Ahmed)
This post was updated Dec. 2 at 3:58 p.m. Last year, I watched “The Graduate” for a class about America in the 1960s. It was a movie I’d been wanting to see for years, but somehow I’d never gotten around to it. Read more...
Photo: (Anagha Srivatsav/Daily Bruin)
It’s been two weeks since the beginning of the University of California academic workers’ strike for labor rights. From nearly every corner of campus, one can hear picketers over megaphones chanting slogans such as “Shut it down!” I learned quite a few things during my week following the strike around campus and springing out of bushes to pepper groups of strikers with questions. Read more...
Photo: A large crowd of striking academic workers holds a rally near the Evelyn and Mo Ostin Music Center. (Myka Fromm/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Nov. 27 at 8:29 p.m. I know firsthand what it feels like to have my culture and history tacked on to the end of a social studies unit. Read more...
Photo: (Hayley Vu/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Nov. 22 at 7:21 p.m. to remove sensitive information. “As a land grant institution, the University of California recognizes its presence on traditional, ancestral Native American territory.” When students, faculty and administration hear this land acknowledgment, they are reminded that the land has greater cultural, historical and ecological significance than merely a place of education or work. Read more...
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Batyah Jasper only managed to attend one uninterrupted week of classes during the first half of fall quarter because of overlap with the Jewish holidays. Neha Farhan and other Muslim Bruins only now have a space to pray on campus after years of advocacy. Read more...
Photo: (From left to right: Courtesy of the University Catholic Center Archive, Daily Bruin file photo, Courtesy of Neha Farhan)
