With the revelation that the National Security Agency, among other federal bodies, is collecting huge amounts of data on American citizens, it’s probably not surprising that Los Angeles County law enforcement agencies have adopted similar tactics. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
|
April 4, 12:00 am
Travis Fife: LA law enforcement must be open about license plate data collection
Editorials, Opinion
|
April 3, 12:00 am
Editorial: UC campus climate survey flawed, not a solution
The newly released University of California campus climate survey is at best an affirmation of grievances already raised, and at worst, methodologically faulty and politically motivated. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
|
April 3, 12:00 am
Chloe Lew: Standardize UC foreign language reqs across the board
It is difficult to grade someone’s ability to hold a conversation when you have never heard them speak. Yet several University of California campuses look at foreign language education the same way many students look at their least significant classes: “pass” or “no pass.” Although the foreign language requirement is firmly rooted in UCLA’s College of Letters and Science graduation prerequisites, several other UCs allow students to waive the requirement – if there is one at all – with evidence of having passed three years of one foreign languag in high school. Read more...
Photo: Victoria Chang/Daily Bruin
Opinion, Opinion Columns
|
April 2, 12:14 am
Alexandra Tashman: Campus climate calls for immediate effort
When one in four members of the UCLA community report experiencing hostile, exclusionary, intimidating or offensive conduct, it becomes necessary to do everything possible to decrease that number. Read more...
Community, Opinion
|
April 1, 9:05 am
Spring Week 1 Readers Poll
Community, Opinion
|
April 1, 12:00 am
Letter to the Editor: Society’s obsession with diversity itself subtly racist
In response to “Editorial: Crop of commencement speakers lacks diversity” in Opinion on March 10: I am a 61-year-old white man, the sort that is often considered irrelevant and accused of being angered by the loss of privilege following social incursions of one or another previously oppressed groups. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
|
April 1, 12:00 am
Natalie Delgadillo: General representative candidates should have cohesive platform
After this summer’s stipend increase, every student government officer gets paid $672 a month. For most members of the Undergraduate Students Association Council who have clearly defined roles and a very structured office, it’s relatively clear what the student body is paying them to do. Read more...