I remember tearing up when I found out I was accepted into the Daily Bruin. It was fall quarter of my first year on campus, and I had spent the last few weeks of summer stressing about my application. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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June 9, 1:59 am
Pravin Visakan: Upcoming California governor should address grid integration in climate legislation
In an era where certain federal authorities have been known to dismiss climate change as a Chinese hoax, Californian officials and legislators have made tireless promises to care for and protect the environment. Read more...
Photo: (Rachel Bai/Daily Bruin)
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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June 9, 1:57 am
Are you there, UCLA? It’s me, Mom: UCLA should follow other UCs’ leads on supporting students with dependents
Parenting students and faculty on campus are a forgotten constituency. The voices of nursing mothers have been largely ignored by UCLA, heard only by student activist groups. Read more...
Photo: (Courtney Fortier/Daily Bruin)
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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June 6, 11:26 pm
Tabatha Lewis: LAPD’s predictive algorithm is inaccurate, dehumanizes offenders
Steven Spielberg, in his 2002 movie “The Minority Report,” played out the hypothetical in which an organization can predict crimes before they happen. The Los Angeles Police Department is about 10 years late to the game, and it looks like it’s taking the department more than 145 minutes to see why trying to predict crime is an inherently problematic strategy. Read more...
Editorials, Opinion
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June 6, 11:03 pm
Editorial: UC should make changes to its course evaluation process to prevent bias
A word to the wise: End-of-quarter course evaluations are more important than you think. In fact, they’re probably a lot more dangerous than you think. Course evaluations have become a facet of student culture at UCLA. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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June 6, 10:13 pm
Submission: Al-Talib’s response to US intervention in Syria unjustly politicizes suffering
On May 22, Al-Talib, the campus’ Muslim community’s newsmagazine, published an opinion article titled, “The American Muslim Imperative to Study and Oppose US Intervention in Syria.” The piece’s goal was to denounce American intervention in Syria. Read more...
Opinion, Podcasts
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June 5, 12:17 pm
No Offense, But: Chipotle and commencement
No Offense is back for the second-to-last podcast of the year. This week, we break down Gov. Jerry Brown’s comments about the University of California needing to be more like Chipotle. Read more...