Sunday, June 28

UCLA must improve voter awareness programs to make a difference in next election

Being accosted by countless student canvassers every morning on Bruin Walk quickly proves just how passionate UCLA students are about national issues. If only that passion was reflected in the 2018 midterm elections. Read more...

Photo: Out-of-state students should take advantage of university voting resources, along with student organizational efforts, to register to vote and partake in the 2020 presidential election. (Daily Bruin file photo)




As UCLA construction ramps up, runoff management policies should do so as well

This post was updated Feb. 3 at 10:01 a.m. Noise and dust seem like the worst of students’ problems when it comes to constant housing construction. Read more...

Photo: UCLA’s expansive housing projects aim to accommodate more students but at possible cost to its immediate environment. The water runoff from the day-to-day construction mixed with the trash-infested Westwood streets could end up in Santa Monica Bay. (Daily Bruin file photo)



UC Board’s hasty attempt to increase tuition displays its disregard for students

A plan to make students pay more money never goes over well. But this time students barely had a chance to go over the plan in the first place. Read more...

Photo: The UC Board of Regents recently postponed a vote to increase student tuition across all campuses. This decision prompts a worrying precedent that the board’s increasing lack of transparency and negligence of student opinion will spill into further matters down the line. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA shouldn’t recycle its old methods when creating new sustainability goals

For most students at UCLA, daily worries about the environmental crisis are nothing new. But for UCLA administrators, another day simply means more half-baked solutions to environmental problems. Read more...

Photo: UCLA is no stranger to announcing ambitious sustainability initiatives. The university has also failed to live up to those promises. Its single-use plastics proposal might not be any different. (Daily Bruin file photo)