I'm a feminist. Here at UCLA, I have been very much under the impression that I was one of a handful of undergraduate feminists. Read more...
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Feminist author and activist Gloria Steinem spoke at UCLA’s Broad Art Center Sunday night to a full auditorium. In her speech, Steinem emphasized the importance of the upcoming November election for women’s rights and causes, such as access to family planning and bodily autonomy.
The recently repealed ban on medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles may be enough to relieve a little anxiety among some card-carrying college students. But for businesses across Los Angeles and in Westwood specifically, there is widespread confusion surrounding conflicting federal, state and local laws. Read more...
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The ban on medical marijuana storefronts (known as the “˜gentle ban’) was repealed by the Los Angeles City Council in a 11-2 vote.
While the state's recently passed "Student Athlete Bill of Rights" establishes some much-needed guidelines for how student-athletes should be treated, the scope of the legislation is not great enough to enact actual change. Read more...
During Wednesday night's presidential debate, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney inspired the country by bridging the partisan divide to say, "Shut up, Jim Lehrer." Read more...
With the first presidential debate complete, the election season has reached its home stretch. Yet clouds of fancy political advertising, highly coordinated campaign speeches and blips of political rhetoric still linger in the air like bad Los Angeles smog. Read more...
UCLA students were asked whether alcohol licensing for Westwood businesses should be made lenient and why. Read more...
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Alexx Robles
The undergraduate student government has failed, once again, to appoint an Election Board chair in a manner consistent with its bylaws. According to Undergraduate Students Association Council bylaws, an Election Board chair "“ who oversees student government elections "“ must be appointed before the first week of fall quarter. Read more...
