Wednesday, May 14

Efforts to aid those experiencing homelessness must persist after COVID-19 pandemic

Stay at home, stock up on goods and perform basic hygiene regularly – this is the common refrain during the COVID-19 pandemic. But when there’s no home to go to, no reliable access to food and no stockpile of sanitizer, those rules quickly become difficult to follow. Read more...

Photo: COVID-19 has led to new forms of support for the population of people experiencing homelessness in LA and across the state. Once the pandemic ends, that supports needs to continue (Daily Bruin file photo)


Policies aimed at alleviating housing costs amid COVID-19 require more clarity

As lawmakers scramble to deal with an unprecedented global crisis, their uncertainty, however warranted, has left citizens struggling to plan for necessities as basic as housing. Read more...

Photo: Moratoriums have given California renters some time before they lose their housing. But the novel coronavirus shows no signs of stopping, and a full ban on evictions will be the only way to prevent a full-blown crisis.(Daniel Leibowitz/Daily Bruin staff)


UCLA must adjust tuition, student fees to match the quality of online instruction

Virtual spring quarter has officially begun, robbing students of an in-person college experience. But if that weren’t enough, it’s robbing them of their tuition money as well. Read more...

Photo: With thousands of UCLA undergraduates paying out-of-state prices for an online education at home, the University of Califonia must adjust tuition fees to reflect its students’ new realities. (Daily Bruin file photo)



Grad students need financial support past summer fellowships to help COLA concerns

Ask for a mile, UCLA will give an inch – especially when it comes to paying its graduate students a living wage. The Ucla4Cola movement has been asking for that mile for months. Read more...

Photo: Graduate students at UCLA are being supported in the short term with summer fellowships but must continue to receive financial support throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)



More preparation is needed for UCLA to better handle future public health crises

While UCLA students face endless exams, UCLA is being tested on its ability to protect students from a global pandemic. Coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19, is a respiratory disease that can spread from human to human and has grown to more than 3,000 cases in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Read more...

Photo: (Nitya Tak/Daily Bruin)



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