Wednesday, December 24


Opinion: UCLA should limit non-student access to Sunset Recreation pickleball courts

This post was updated Dec. 3 at 7:22 p.m. UCLA boasts an impressive 9% acceptance rate. Yet somehow, Sunset Canyon Recreation Center’s pickleball courts’ acceptance rates seem even lower. Read more...

Photo: Sunset Canyon Recreation Center is pictured. Columnist Copeland Williams argues that UCLA Recreation should limit non-students’ access to these facilities to reduce overcrowding. (Selin Filiz/Assistant Photo editor)



Opinion: UCPD is using less-than-lethal munitions to ‘frighten students into conformity’

This post was updated Nov. 30 at 7:05 p.m. A university police department should protect its students, not harm them. But in late September, the UC Board of Regents approved a UCPD request for less-than-lethal munition launchers and sponge rounds. Read more...

Photo: An officer carrying a less-than-lethal weapon on campus is pictured. Columnist Michael Gallagher writes that the approval of UCPD’s request for less-than-lethal munitions marks a dangerous suppression of free speech. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)