Thursday is the 39th annual Great American Smokeout, when tobacco users nationally are encouraged to quit. It is also very close to the first anniversary of the University of California’s full implementation of its tobacco-free policy. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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November 18, 1:29 am
Submission: UCLA community should sustain tobacco-free environment
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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November 18, 1:01 am
Julia McCarthy: USAC president’s resignation part of bigger problem
Last week, UCLA’s Undergraduate Students Association Council President Devin Murphy resigned. Much of the discussion surrounding his resignation has been centered on Tuesday’s divestment resolution calling for the University of California to divest from American companies that some say contribute to human rights violations in the West Bank and Gaza. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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November 17, 1:47 am
Aram Ghoogasian: USAC must vote ‘yes’ on divestment, consider consequences of inaction
Hundreds of students stood in two rows to voice their opinions on divestment until close to dawn at a student government meeting last February. Now our student government is gearing up for round two. Read more...
Photo: Michael Reyes, then a fourth-year English student, was one of many students who spoke in last year’s Undergraduate Students Association Council meeting to express his support for the divestment resolution. Hundreds of students spent hours advocating for and against the resolution. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Editorials, Opinion
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November 15, 6:51 pm
Editorial: USAC should postpone divestment vote until seat is filled
In the wake of the resignation of Undergraduate Students Association Council President Devin Murphy, the council has an obligation to postpone its vote on an upcoming controversial divestment resolution. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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November 14, 12:37 am
Submission: New divestment resolution does not warrant USAC vote
Divestment, a branch of the global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, takes the spotlight once again as we begin a new year at UCLA. Last year, the issue was voted down, but it still left our campus polarized. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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November 14, 12:27 am
Submission: USAC needs to make right choice by voting to divest
Dear Undergraduate Students Association Council, By now, you have had a chance to engage with Palestinian students and Students for Justice in Palestine members through individual meetings, teach-ins, Palestine Awareness Week activities and Monday’s divestment town hall meeting, which was attended by about 100 students. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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November 14, 12:16 am
Kunal Patel: California needs to address gap in education opportunity
When I was a first-year, I covered the Occupy protests that shut down Wilshire Boulevard. One of the prevailing themes of those protests was the disparity in the opportunities accessible to different socio-economic classes. Read more...
Photo: Shelby Chan/Daily Bruin