On Feb. 8, the University of California Student Association (UCSA) will vote on a resolution to divest from eleven companies that do business with Israel. The legislation was authored by Students for Justice in Palestine members across the country including Rahim Kurwa, a UCLA graduate student who has played a leading role in promoting similar campaigns within the Undergraduate Students Association Council here at UCLA. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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February 6, 12:00 am
Submission: Co-author of UCSA resolution needs to disclose affiliations
Opinion
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February 6, 12:00 am
Submission: UCSA should follow UC campus’ leads, support divestment
Historically, divestment has been used as an instrument to discourage unethical behavior, as in the cases of South African Apartheid, the prison-industrial complex and the fossil fuel industry. Read more...
Opinion Columns
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February 5, 12:04 am
Casey Kovarik: Miscommunication between UCLA, study abroad students a major frustration
Information on study abroad is getting lost in translation before students set foot in a foreign country. Students planning on studying abroad have to coordinate with their academic department or college, the UCLA study abroad office, the University of California Education Abroad Program and the international school they are studying at before they leave on their trips. Read more...
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Editorials, Opinion
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February 5, 12:01 am
Editorial: Hate crime at UC Davis detracts from constructive campus dialogue
Hate speech reared its ugly head again on a University of California campus during divestment debates, in what has become a sad and predictable pattern. On Jan. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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February 5, 12:00 am
Submission: Petition to broaden vote on diversity requirement threatens UCLA College autonomy
Editor’s note: The following is an open letter to UCLA faculty that represents the opinion of more than 350 UCLA faculty members. It was submitted to the Daily Bruin by ecology and evolutionary biology professor Paul Barber. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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February 4, 12:08 am
Ara Shirinian: Issues surrounding broadband Internet deserve more attention
There are two main problems facing the future of the Internet in America. One is net neutrality, which is the ability of companies to choose what content they make accessible to consumers. Read more...
Photo: (Kimberly Ann Striegel/Daily Bruin)
Community, Opinion
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February 4, 12:07 am
Submission: Criticism of diversity requirement unwarranted
Cesar Chavez said, “We need to help students and parents cherish and preserve the ethnic and cultural diversity that nourishes and strengthens this community – and this nation.” When the faculty of the UCLA College of Letters and Science passed a diversity requirement in October 2014, I felt immense pride to be a Bruin. Read more...