On Tuesday night, the Undergraduate Students Association Council finally voted to amend its flawed and often vague Election Code. On the whole, the changes council made will go far in ensuring fair and transparent elections in spring, although there was one kink in the code left unaddressed by the most recent update. Read more...
Editorials, Opinion
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February 18, 11:43 pm
Editorial: Long-overdue changes to USAC Election Code help ensure transparency
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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February 18, 12:50 am
Arthur Wang: Millennials fail to recognize racism as continuing issue
“Lazy” and “entitled” – these inaccuracies have been used over and over by those older than us to characterize the millennial generation, which is currently coming of age and includes the vast majority of today’s college students. Read more...
Photo: (Harishwer Balasubramani/Daily Bruin)
Community, Opinion
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February 18, 12:44 am
Submission: Racism in UCLA bureaucracy hinders diversity requirement passage
Loud voices from too few individuals have challenged the UCLA College’s diversity requirement. The polling process ended in 2014 after a faculty majority approved the requirement and the Academic Senate Legislative Assembly voted for its implementation. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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February 18, 12:42 am
Submission: USAC members should apologize for discriminatory act
Last week, I attended a council meeting to support my roommate, sorority sister and best friend, Rachel Beyda, as she went through the last step of being confirmed by the council as an appointed justice to the Judicial Board of the Undergraduate Students Association Council. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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February 17, 2:24 am
Letter to the Editor: Bruins must remember to sustain inclusive, diverse student government
I am always reluctant to comment on student processes to avoid even the appearance of influence. However, I want to applaud the Daily Bruin’s fair and principled editorial, “Objections to USAC Judicial Board appointment discriminatory,” published on Feb.12, that took to task the questioning of the qualifications of a candidate for the Undergraduate Students Association Council Judicial Board specifically based on her Jewish religious and personal identity. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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February 17, 12:00 am
Alexandra Tashman: Cultural identities should not be politicized
I remember when I used to be proud of being Jewish. My family isn’t particularly religious, so as a child, being Jewish didn’t really have anything to do with God or temple. Read more...
Photo: The Undergraduate Students Association Council holds a meeting on Jan. 20. Several councilmembers questioned the ability of a Jewish student to serve as an impartial appointment to the Judicial Board at a meeting last week. (Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin)
Community, Opinion
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February 17, 12:00 am
Submission: Chapel Hill shootings reflect hate culture Muslim students face
On Feb. 12, the Muslim Student Association at UCLA hosted a vigil to commemorate the lives of Yusor Abu-Salha, her husband Deah Barakat and her sister Razan Abu-Salha. Read more...