BY STEPHANIE KIM Like much of the UCLA community, I was moved by Sy Stokes’ recent video denouncing the lack of diversity efforts in student admissions policies, and outraged over the inadequate responses by administration to reported discrimination against faculty members of color. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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November 20, 1:13 am
Submission: Moore Hall sit-in addressing discrimination lacked open, tolerant spirit
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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November 20, 1:05 am
Ryan Nelson: UCLA can help educate community by expanding medical marijuana research
In my other life outside of the offices of the Daily Bruin, I spend a lot of time at the various pools owned by UCLA. On Monday, I was scheduled to guard a water aerobics class at the school’s rehabilitation pool in Westwood. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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November 19, 12:22 am
Submission: UC must make worker safety a priority
BY KATHRYN LYBARGER There are two parts to the ongoing dispute between the University of California and the system’s largest union, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, or AFSCME, Local 3299. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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November 19, 12:11 am
Charley Guptill: Relief efforts would benefit from collaboration
The images of devastation inundating the news media from Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines seem far removed from students going about their business at UCLA. It is clear, though, by walking down Bruin Walk that many UCLA students are giving money in the hopes of helping. Read more...
Photo: The Vietnamese Student Union collected contributions on Bruin Walk last week to donate to relief efforts for the destruction caused by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. This donation drive was part of a larger effort among students to fundraise for the disaster. A benefit talent show is scheduled for Friday.
Editorials, Opinion
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November 18, 1:19 am
Editorial: Councilmembers should heed letter on stipends, amend bylaws
The original version of this article contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. Several student leaders took the laudable step last week of urging their undergraduate student government to pass a bylaws change that would bring its guiding document into compliance with the principles of good government. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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November 18, 12:00 am
Submission: The term ‘illegal immigrant’ generalizes individuals
I recently read an article that was printed and plastered throughout the UCLA campus by The Bruin Standard. This campus fosters the intelligence of nearly 40,000 students and scholars – and yet here is a published work with thoughts that are rightfully entitled to be expressed, but dumbfoundingly used to suppress and oppress the voices and agency of a community the author is clearly so ignorant of. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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November 17, 11:43 pm
Alexandra Tashman: Stuart House shows service ideals can be met with little expense
Sometimes, the cost of serving the community is just 19 valet parking spots. Last week, the University of California Board of Regents approved design plans and a land grant for the relocation of Stuart House, an extension of the Rape Treatment Center at Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center that offers free 24-hour medical, psychological and legal services to children who have been sexually abused. Read more...