Wednesday, January 21

Letters to the editor

Divestment would punish wrong side As a UCLA alumnus, I read with great concern the July 8 Daily Bruin editorial “UC must respect human rights, divest” and the “Special Letter from the Editor” that followed on July 15. Read more...





Divestment petition flawed, misreads international law

By Matthew Knee Recently, the Daily Bruin published a misinformed editorial advocating the University of California Regents divest from all corporations with investments in Israel. The Bruin put forth a flawed argument to support an already indefensible petition advocating one-sided economic warfare and ignoring the dualities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Read more...


ASUCLA workers are donors too

By Albert Boime Hel-lo! Does anyone recall the motto of our fair institution, fiat lux? Are we in the business of optimizing and sharing our metaphorical light of wisdom or do we prefer the business of the bottom line? Read more...