Opinion, Opinion Columns
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March 7, 8:31 pm
Opinion: Synchronized swimming deserves greater acknowledgment, funding from the university
UCLA often prides itself not only on its academic standing but also on the strength of its athletic programs – but perhaps we need to rethink our pride. Read more...
Photo: The Student Activities Center Pool is pictured. UCLA must provide additional support and resources to sports that are less acknowledged on campus, including the artistic swim team. (Anika Chakrabarti/Photo editor)
Editorials, Opinion
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March 5, 8:46 pm
Editorial: UCLA community deserves explanation for Professor Amarasekare’s suspension
Editor’s note: Editorials do not represent the views of the Daily Bruin as a whole. The board encourages readers to respond to our editorials at dailybruin.com/submit. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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March 5, 4:24 pm
Op-ed: Bruins deserve unlimited access to transit, which proposed referendum would grant
Undergraduate Bruins have an exciting opportunity to obtain a comprehensive, unlimited access transit pass next year, should a proposed referendum to support a new quarterly fee of $2.50 pass within the Undergraduate Students Association Council this Tuesday and receive enough votes in the upcoming elections this spring. Read more...
Opinion
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March 4, 1:21 pm
Letter to the Editor: Brunch is not always shallow or artificial – ‘brunch is just brunch’
This post was updated March 7 at 8:35 p.m. Dear Editor: Last Thursday, I noticed an Opinion column commenting on the pervasiveness of shallow brunch culture in LA. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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March 3, 4:50 pm
Opinion: University ranking systems maintain cycle of privilege in higher education
This post was updated Mar. 5 at 8:25 p.m. If you stroll down Bruin Walk, around the Hill’s residential buildings or anywhere on UCLA’s campus with a lamppost, you will inevitably be met with a bright blue poster that reads in bolded letters: “UCLA: #1 Public University.” For the sixth year in a row, UCLA has been named the No. Read more...
Photo: Royce Hall is pictured. The ranking system that dubbed UCLA the No. 1 public school in the nation perhaps uses flawed metrics. (Daily Bruin file photo)