This post was updated Oct. 3 at 7:35 p.m. A year after Dr. Julio Frenk’s inauguration as president of the University of Miami, I began my undergraduate studies there in Fall 2016. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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July 25, 8:07 pm
Opinion: I refuse to be ashamed of my Palestinian identity
This post was updated Dec. 12 at 12:11 p.m. Second grade was the first time I experienced identity denial. I don’t remember much about my teacher, Ms. Read more...
Photo: (Helen Juwon Park/Illustrations director)
Editorials, Opinion
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July 24, 6:46 pm
Editorial: Heightened anti-Muslim hate in US, globally must be condemned
This post was updated July 28 at 4:36 p.m. As of July 10, an estimated 38,000 Palestinians have died and over 2.3 million have been displaced from their homes as a result of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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July 5, 12:53 pm
The overlooked advantages of attending an all-girls high school
This post was updated Sept. 29 at 9:43 p.m. I looked at the group of people sitting around me at orientation, eagerly taking in all the new faces. Read more...
Photo: (Kaylen Ho/Daily Bruin Staff)
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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June 28, 12:14 pm
Beyond the Statute: Lack of health care for incarcerated people constitutes a public health crisis
This post was updated July 7 at 5:21 p.m. “Beyond the Statute” is a series created by Sierra Benayon-Abraham, an assistant Opinion editor and third-year public health student. Read more...
Photo: (Helen Juwon Park/Illustrations director)
Community, Opinion
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June 27, 2:03 pm
Op-ed: 21st Century Policing Solutions investigation is a ‘sham’ shielding UC, police
This post was updated Aug. 25 at 7:40 p.m. We write as members of the UCLA community to state our refusal to participate in the investigation being conducted by 21st Century Policing Solutions on the police response to demonstrations and protests occurring in solidarity with the struggle to end Israel’s ongoing genocidal attack on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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June 24, 11:27 pm
Opinion: Life goes on, a simultaneously terrifying and beautiful realization
This post was updated Sept. 25 at 8:44 p.m. Like many graduated seniors, I spent my last weeks at UCLA with wide-open eyes. In a kind of preemptive mourning, I cling to each moment like time will stop if I tighten my grip enough. Read more...
Photo: Trees line a stretch of road in the East Bay. (Courtesy of Kenya Bertoli)