In October 2015, a 13-year-old Israeli boy was riding his bike near East Jerusalem when two Palestinian boys, aged 13 and 15, stabbed him and a 25-year-old Yeshiva student with kitchen knives. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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November 28, 12:25 pm
Submission: Israeli-Palestinian conflict hurts all, Bruins should model peace
Community, Opinion
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November 28, 11:41 am
Submission: Protests are democratic acts necessary to support rights we value
I hear the concerns that Aaron Julian raised in the Daily Bruin’s Nov. 22 opinion column. He’s right that both political parties have alienated white, working-class Americans by refusing to address their needs. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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November 28, 11:31 am
Submission: Media needs more pro-Palestine narratives for balanced perspective
“I know what America is. America is a thing you can move very easily, move it in the right direction.” This quote from current Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking to Israeli settlers in the West Bank in 2001 shows why Americans would do well to educate themselves as to how they can be so easily moved when it comes to the Palestine-Israeli conflict. Read more...
Editorials, Opinion
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November 28, 11:29 am
Editorial: With potential tuition hike, UC should budget finances more responsibly
It should not come as any surprise that the University of California is considering an end to the six-year-long tuition freeze. Continuing the tuition freeze is not just unlikely, but potentially harmful to the University’s quality in the midst of rising enrollment and inflation. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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November 28, 12:07 am
Abhishek Shetty: USAC’s Bruin News Room lacks innovation, experience despite intentions
When this year’s Undergraduate Students Association Council members campaigned for their offices, they promised a scholarship portal. They promised to tackle housing affordability. They promised to make the campus more eco-friendly. Read more...
Photo: Visual medium can be an engaging outlet for news, but only if it’s done in a novel fashion that provides something new and interesting to its viewers. Without innovation, Bruin News Room will not be a meaningful addition to news outlets already available to students. (Creative Commons photo by Ryan Merritt via Flickr)
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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November 22, 9:01 pm
Arthur Wang: UC should work with lawmakers to stop tuition hike
‘Tis the season – the season for catchy hey-ho hey-ho protest chants. After six years of tuition-frozen bliss, things are about to thaw at the University of California. Read more...
Photo: (Justin Ma/Daily Bruin)
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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November 22, 9:01 pm
Jasmine Aquino: You can’t reject those with whom you disagree
I came out as bisexual to more than 43,300 people last year in a Daily Bruin column. But my parents weren’t among them. It may be 2016, but it can still be risky for someone to publicly identify as LGBTQ, undocumented or as part of any other marginalized group. Read more...