The environment’s got beef with beef. And UCLA finally seems to be catching on. Last week, the Hill’s Covel Commons dining hall began serving blended burger patties that are 70 percent beef and 30 percent plant matter, such as red beets, red quinoa, onions and mushrooms, in its signature burger. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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October 5, 8:28 am
Chris Busco: UCLA should host a variety of speakers to debate contested issues
Liberal and conservative, Globalist and nationalist, anti-abortion and pro-abortion rights. The nation is more divided now than before, and all our ideological debates boil down to the same general principal – us versus them. Read more...
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Community, Opinion
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October 3, 10:52 pm
Submission: Efforts to end mass shootings must focus on multiple risk factors
Another terrible mass shooting took place Sunday night at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas – the worst one yet, until the next even worse one. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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October 3, 10:50 pm
Ankita Nair: UCLA should improve shadowing opportunities for pre-med students
Admission into a top-20 ranked medical school is notoriously difficult – acceptance rates hover around 1.8 percent to 3.9 percent. But for many pre-med students at UCLA, gaining access to student shadowing opportunities can seem just as challenging. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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October 2, 10:44 pm
Pravin Visakan: California labor unions must stop combating climate change bills
Imagine a state senator stepping up in the final days of California’s legislative session to present his bill to revolutionize the Californian energy sector. Unbeknownst to him, union representatives are preparing to sabotage it. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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October 2, 10:42 pm
Clea Wurster: More sexual violence awareness training must be required on the Hill
Bruins, get ready to enter the “red zone.” No, this isn’t another campus tradition like Bruin Bash or the Enormous Activities Fair. Rather, the “red zone” is a term used by sexual assault researchers to describe a six-week period each fall when increased numbers of first-year female students experience sexual violence. Read more...
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Editorials, Opinion
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October 2, 2:48 am
Editorial: Housing for UCLA students should be prioritized over Village aesthetic
It seems Westwood residents care more about their view of the Santa Monica Mountains than whether students can afford housing near UCLA. Last week, UCLA held a public hearing, as required by the California Environmental Quality Act, for its planned undergraduate housing projects that would add about 6,900 beds to five sites throughout Westwood by 2021. Read more...