After years of allowing Westwood residents’ safety to be compromised, it seems the city of Los Angeles has finally seen the light. At the Feb. 10 meeting of the Westwood Neighborhood Council, City of Los Angeles Bureau of Street Services said it has agreed to fund a program that will bring new LED streetlights to the North Village, the student residential area roughly bordered by Gayley Avenue, Strathmore Drive and Veteran Avenue, before the end of the year. Read more...
Editorials, Opinion
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February 18, 12:00 am
Editorial: LED streetlights will lighten safety concerns in North Village
Community, Opinion
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February 17, 10:37 pm
Submission: Students must participate in community efforts to improve education
Since its debut, Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s TED Talk, “The danger of a single story” has become an integral part of my classroom with its message of not taking a single story as the ultimate truth. Read more...
Photo: Students have the ability to help improve the state of the United States’ education system by volunteering through organizations poised to enfranchise underserved communities through diverse education opportunities. Working with individuals is the only way to eventually create lasting and institutional change. (U.S. Department of Education)
Opinion
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February 17, 12:19 am
Miriam Bribiesca: Traffic safety strategy Vision Zero necessary to drive LA forward
When is a car accident actually an accident? The answer to this is: usually never. Nowadays, a “car accident” is a conventional term used loosely that fails to emphasize the severity of an ever-growing problem in the city of Los Angeles. Read more...
Photo: (Creative Commons photo by Gilad Rom via Flickr)
Community, Opinion
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February 17, 12:17 am
Submission: UCLA UniCamp offers students opportunities to grow, make an impact
From my experience, almost every UCLA student wants to “make a difference.” The more than 1,000 student groups at UCLA exemplify the wide range of passions that creates the energy and excitement that pulses through campus. Read more...
Opinion, Podcasts
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February 17, 12:00 am
No Offense, But: Activism
Many progressive Jewish activists feel alienated from progressive activist groups because of their pro-Israel views. Opinion columnists Aram Ghoogasian and Shani Shahmoon discuss whether the issue should actually be a major ideological difference and whether progressive Jews can hope to move past it. Read more...
Photo: Alice Lin/Daily Bruin
Editorials, Opinion
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February 15, 11:45 pm
Editorial: UCLA failed to properly punish professor involved in Title IX lawsuit
Gabriel Piterberg, a graduate student adviser and professor in the history department, was accused in a lawsuit last June of sexually assaulting two students, including forcibly sticking his tongue into their mouths. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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February 15, 11:31 pm
Aram Ghoogasian: GSA investigation of president needs transparency to earn back trust
The ongoing graduate student government drama is the gift that keeps on giving. The controversy whirling around Graduate Student Association President Milan Chatterjee gained its second wind last week as the GSA Forum, the governing assembly of the GSA, launched an investigation into his actions. Read more...
Photo: (Kelly Brennan/Daily Bruin senior staff)