UCLA’s public relations strategy usually has a poetic irony: The more egregious the problem, the more ridiculous the response. This time, though, the doubling down took a dark turn. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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May 7, 10:32 pm
Westwood theaters must be preserved to connect community, protect cinema history
As you look out onto the Westwood skyline, one building’s defining silhouette sticks out: a tall white tower topped with three neon red letters reading “FOX.” Opened in the 1930s, the Regency Village Theatre and its across-the-street counterpart, the Regency Bruin Theatre, immediately became classic movie houses, serving both the student population and the affluent West Los Angeles area. Read more...
Photo: Westwood’s theaters may each only show one movie at a time, but their single screens allow the Westwood community to come together and watch movies the way they were meant to be seen. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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May 7, 10:30 pm
Where Westwood Boulevard ends, level sidewalks and paved streets should begin
Uneven asphalt is rife with cracks and unwanted vegetation. Every trip in and around Westwood’s apartments is an adventure. From Gayley to Veteran avenues, battered roads test the suspensions of students’ cars, and each fissure in the sidewalk feels like a chasm. Read more...
Photo: The Westwood Village Improvement Association applied for a grant to fix Westwood Boulevard – but it’s choosing to refurbish one of the nicest streets in the Village instead of doing more. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Community, Opinion
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May 7, 1:38 pm
Letter to the editor: Renée and David Kaplan deserve a building named after them
Dear Editor, The Daily Bruin ran a front-page story April 23 headlined “UCLA community questions fairness of naming buildings after donors.” The article quoted those who questioned the naming of buildings after individuals who may not share “our values.” The accompanying text and photo used the Renée and David Kaplan Hall on the campus’ central quadrangle as an example of this practice. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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May 6, 10:51 pm
University tenure clock disfavors women weighing academic ambition against family
Professors aspiring to get tenure are working against a ticking clock. For women, though, this clock ticks much louder. Faculty at UCLA typically start off as assistant professors and work within a roughly eight-year time frame to obtain tenure, or permanent employment. Read more...
Photo: (Michelle Fu/Daily Bruin)
Community, Opinion
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May 6, 12:04 am
Letter to the editor: UCLA hospitality facilities further university’s public service mission
Dear editor, This is a letter responding to the Opinion column titled “Mind Your Business: UCLA hotels detract funding from more pressing issues, compromise local business.” The purpose and function of UCLA facilities, like the UCLA Tiverton House, the Guest House, the Lake Arrowhead Conference Center and the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center, is to support UCLA’s mission of education, research and public service at a lower cost than other alternatives. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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May 5, 11:59 pm
UCLA boasts activists-in-residence to distract from on-campus inequity
UCLA asks whether activism can be taught. What it really means to ask is whether activism can be bought. UCLA Activist-in-Residence is a position put on jointly by the Asian American studies department and the Institute on Inequality and Democracy. Read more...
Photo: (Michelle Fu/Daily Bruin)