Working for a political campaign this summer was equal parts humorous, challenging and incredibly rewarding. Think “Parks and Recreation,” combined with “The Office” and “The West Wing.” That’s how I found myself at the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors debate earlier this month. Read more...
Opinion
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September 28, 12:00 am
Julia McCarthy: LA County supervisor candidates miss opportunity to cater to students
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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September 28, 12:00 am
Zoey Freedman: Common books with contemporary themes could help students connect
UCLA’s incoming students are bombarded with traditions from they moment arrive on campus: among them, the legendary campus tours and the historic crosstown rivalry that serve to bond students together and give them something in common to share. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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September 28, 12:00 am
Submission: USAC councilmembers must represent student voices
Editor’s Note: The following submission contains strong language. We feel its inclusion is necessary to accurately depict the author’s experience. For a period of five months earlier this year, I received death threats. Read more...
Community
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September 28, 12:00 am
Chloe Lew: More discussion on sexual assault needed to foster conscious community
The last time I had a conversation about alcohol in relation to sexual assault, somebody proposed the following rule of thumb: Drunk boys should just never hook up with drunk girls, and vice versa. Read more...
Opinion
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September 28, 12:00 am
Submission: Liberty-minded students must voice their opinions
The year is beginning and there is a war being waged. It is a war for relevance, war for prosperity and war for freedom. It is a war for electoral seats, but it is also a war of ideas. Read more...
Editorials, Opinion
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September 28, 12:00 am
Editor’s note: The Bruin is open to input from the UCLA community
To the Reader: In the short time that I’ve been an editor for this paper, there has been one ringing criticism that I fear more than any other: We, as editors and writers cloistered here in the windowless rooms of Kerckhoff 118, have lost touch with what people on this campus care about. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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September 24, 12:01 pm
Submission: Divestment ineffective for combating climate change
On Sept. 15, the Daily Bruin published an editorial claiming that divestment is “about furthering a moral goal” and made a populist argument, presented without evidence, that the University of California investment committee is bending to powerful outside interests. Read more...