Happy Valentine’s Day, Bruins! This week on No Offense, Opinion editor Chris Campbell is joined by columnist Abhishek Shetty and assistant Radio director Douglas Hsieh to discuss their love lives, Bruin Connections and recent advances in male birth control. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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February 16, 1:23 pm
Letter to the Editor: ECE parent community not unified in disapproval of Jayanti Tambe
We were dismayed to read your editorial “UCLA child care center must address parents’ calls for change”. Overall the Editorial contains inaccuracies, misrepresents the UCLA Early Care and Education parent community, is unnecessarily unfair to Jayanti Tambe and contains an ominous threat of removal for center directors and several teachers. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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February 15, 10:10 pm
Aaron Julian: USAC needs to implement exit polls to decrease voter complacency
Our leaders are only as good as the people they represent. It is easy to complain about inaction from some of the Undergraduate Students Association Council members we’ve entrusted with hundreds of thousands of our student fee dollars. Read more...
Photo: (Harishwer Balasubramani/Illustrations director)
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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February 15, 8:00 pm
Editorial: Westwood association must rethink food truck parking policies
The food truck business can be tough – especially when the neighborhood doesn’t consider it a real business. The Westwood Village Improvement Association is considering a parking law change to crack down on food trucks in Westwood. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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February 14, 10:19 pm
Mariah Furtek: UCLA should provide adequate space in its gyms for students
Picture a group of sweaty bodies gyrating in time to blaring music, grouped so tightly together they are unable to move freely. No, this isn’t part of Los Angeles’ unregulated, underground club scene – it’s your average Tuesday afternoon workout class at the overcrowded and underdeveloped John Wooden Center. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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February 14, 10:04 pm
Andiver Castellanos: ASUCLA student workers should not be overburdened
As a student worker at the Associated Students UCLA, work often burdens me more than academics. That shouldn’t be the case. ASUCLA employs over 1,500 students, making it the largest employer of students on campus. Read more...
Photo: ASUCLA student workers’ are concerned about being asked to carry out career workers’ duties, despite that not being part of their job descriptions. Store managers and the ASUCLA upper leadership need to acknowledge these concerns appropriately. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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February 13, 9:42 pm
Karishma Daibee: Valentine’s Day should celebrate existing love, not negativity
Saint Valentine, patron saint of epilepsy, died in 273 A.D. His martyrdom is commemorated annually by single young people weeping alone because they don’t have someone to kiss and hold hands with in exchange for chocolate they wouldn’t eat anyway. Read more...
Photo: (Juliette Le Saint/Daily Bruin)