This post was updated Nov. 27 at 12:40 p.m. Our planet needs saving in more ways than one would like to count. And for UCLA students, climate change is an increasingly frightening reality. Read more...
Photo: California is one of the biggest offenders of vehicle carbon emissions. UCLA must advocate and educate students on alternative methods of transportation to reduce students’ carbon footprint on the planet. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This Thanksgiving, employees from all corners of the University of California will make the trek home to be with their families. But thanks to the UC, many won’t even have basic workers rights to be grateful for at the dinner table. Read more...
Photo: The University of California reached a tentative agreement with United Automobile Workers 5810 after six months of striking. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 has been striking for years, making it clear that the UC’s priorities in its decisions to negotiate lie wherever the money is. This is unfair to AFSCME Local 3299 workers. (Tanmay Shankar/Assistant Photo editor)
An Undergraduate Students Association Council member broke the rules. But he can hardly be blamed when the rules contradict themselves. The Undergraduate Students Association Judicial Board found that newly elected General Representative 2 Orion Smedley violated election rules when he improperly campaigned on the Hill in the fall special election. Read more...
Photo: Veronica Lavin Solano
At UCLA, trauma after campuswide tragedies is an inconvenient truth. What shouldn’t be inconvenient, though, is students’ ability to find resources to help cope with trauma. Read more...
Photo: (Andrea Grigsby/Illustrations Director)
UCLA boasts top tier academics, research and prestige. But add the fear of mass shootings to the curriculum and a more accurate description of public education comes into view. Read more...
