A proposal to upgrade the Afro-American Studies Interdepartmental Program into the Department of African American Studies is in its final stages of review. It is essential that those reviewing the proposal not only pass it, but pass it as soon as possible and with the promise of sufficient support so that the new department can find firm footing from day one. Read more...
Editorials, Opinion
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February 10, 1:44 am
Editorial: Afro-American Studies must be given departmental status, support
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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February 10, 1:22 am
Ryan Nelson: Equipping police with lapel cameras is safe, cost effective
Recently, a proposal has been floating among police departments to attach cameras to the lapels of police officers as they go about their patrols. And no, that’s not the pitch for a new twist on the Fox TV series “Cops.” Rather, it’s a movement that’s gained serious steam in the law enforcement world in the last couple years. Read more...
Photo: Eitan Arom/Daily Bruin senior staff
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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February 7, 12:00 am
Julia McCarthy: UCLA should provide support for open-source textbook efforts
This quarter alone Kendal Drucker’s three textbooks cost her almost $400. Drucker, a second-year psychology student, is involved in the California Public Interest Research Group, or CALPIRG, which is working to get professors at UCLA to join a movement toward open-source textbooks and other affordable online course materials With the costs of textbooks rising, open-source course materials, or resources made available cheaply and digitally, are an imperative for UCLA. Read more...
Photo: (Illustration credit: Evan English/Daily Bruin)
Cartoons, Opinion
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February 7, 12:00 am
Editorial Cartoon: Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman
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Photo: (Cartoon credit: Sam Grinberg/Daily Bruin)
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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February 6, 12:56 am
Maia Ferdman: Waxman’s successor should focus on education, cooperation
Henry Waxman, a longtime fixture in the House of Representatives and UCLA’s congressional representative, plans to retire this year, leaving a difficult legacy to follow. In his 40 years as a representative, Waxman, a UCLA alumnus, has championed a wide range of progressive causes. Read more...
Photo: Henry Waxman is leaving his seat in Congress after 40 consecutive years as a representative for a West Los Angeles district that includes UCLA. Waxman’s retirement opens the field to a number of prominent Democrats and nonpartisan candidates who have been active in the district.
Editorials, Opinion
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February 6, 12:44 am
Editorial: USAC should live stream, archive meetings
UCLA’s undergraduate student government recently announced plans to live stream its meetings, a change it hopes to implement before the end of the quarter. But at last night’s meeting, the Undergraduate Students Association Council voted to table indefinitely a proposal to purchase a camera for a live stream. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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February 6, 12:42 am
Submission: No humor in perpetuating rape culture
BY MEGAN LENT Late last month, I performed at UCLA’s first round of the Laugh Bowl, which is an annual stand-up comedy competition that culminates in a final round pitting our comedians against comics from USC. Read more...