Though UCLA students call Westwood their home, they might not know about, much less participate in, the multiple organizations working to improve the Westwood community. Whether students know it or not, Westwood is home to a number of entities whose sole purpose is to improve the safety, attractiveness and business of our neighborhood. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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January 24, 12:00 am
Maia Ferdman: Students should actively seek to improve Westwood-UCLA relationship
Community, Opinion
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January 24, 12:00 am
Submission: Lack of diversity warrants attention of Academic Senate committee
The original version of this article contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. By the UCLA Academic Senate’s Committee on Undergraduate Admissions and Relations with Schools In recent years, students, faculty and staff at UCLA have participated in difficult discussions regarding race and campus climate. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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January 23, 12:31 pm
Ryan Nelson: Students should support efforts to curb NSA surveillance
They see you when you’re sleeping. They know when you’re awake. And boy, do they know if you’ve been bad or good. For our friends at the National Security Agency, it’s just all in a day’s work. Read more...
Editorials, Opinion
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January 23, 1:25 am
Editorial: ASUCLA should approve coupons for Typhoon Haiyan donations
At its meeting on Friday, the Associated Students UCLA Board of Directors should approve a proposal to issue coupons allowing customers at the UCLA Student Store to donate 10 percent of their purchases to the Typhoon Haiyan relief effort. Read more...
Editorials, Opinion
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January 23, 1:23 am
Editorial: Experience necessary for USAC Election Board chair
When asked Tuesday night, the student appointed to oversee the upcoming undergraduate government elections could not name all 13 council members, nor recall one political slate. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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January 22, 12:13 am
Katie Shepherd: EVP Office support for Prop. 13 reform misguided
“Simply put, California is broke.” The statement, pulled directly from an event page on Facebook put up by the Undergraduate Students Association Council’s External Vice President Office, offers a sweeping explanation for the University of California’s inflated tuition rates. Read more...
Photo: Members of Fund the UC protest a UC Board of Regents meeting outside the James West Alumni Center in November, 2011, asking the regents to endorse a plan that would modify Proposition 13.
Community, Opinion
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January 22, 12:00 am
Submission: Bicyclist safety essential to Westwood’s future
By Dylan Smith Thousands of people like me commute to UCLA every day. But an out-of-date street configuration makes the short commute up Westwood Boulevard a hazardous one for bike riders. Read more...