The Daily Bruin endorses Measure B, which would raise property taxes in Los Angeles County to maintain the fiscal viability of L.A. county trauma hospitals. Two UCLA affiliates, Harbor-UCLA and Olive View-UCLA medical centers, are facing massive cuts or possible closure due to funding scarcity. Read more...

The Daily Bruin endorses state Senator Jack O’Connell for state superintendent of public instruction because his primary goal is to reduce class sizes. He will be responsible for overseeing the state’s K-12 school system and will sit on the University of California Board of Regents for the next four years. Read more...

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The superiority of online voting in UCLA elections was proven last Wednesday and Thursday when 4,967 students logged onto the my.ucla Web site to cast a vote in the Undergraduate Students Association Programming Referendum. Read more...

Students should not be made to fund the university’s quest to house a higher percentage of students on campus, period. But perplexingly, the state deems all housing expenses to be auxiliary to the costs of education, meaning they aren’t included in taxpayers’ financial responsibility to the UC. Read more...

Last summer, four soldiers at Fort Bragg, North Carolina killed their wives within a span of six weeks. Three of the murderers had just returned from service in Afghanistan. Read more...

Students have the chance on Tuesday to pass two measures that will change not only their futures, but also the future of the entire state. It is imperative that all members of the campus community use their voting might to pass Propositions 47 and 52 ““ two of the most relevant measures on the ballot. Read more...