“How are Manahil’s grades? Has she been studying?” These were always my grandmother’s first words during her daily phone calls with my mom. Despite all of her children pursuing professional degrees and her husband being a colonel in the Pakistan army, my grandmother never attended college. Read more...
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With UCLA alumnus Eyvin Hernandez’s wrongful detention in Venezuela recently passing the one-year mark, his plea for a safe return home seems to have been ignored by the United States government. Read more...
Photo: Eyvin Hernandez is pictured in a family photo during his graduation from the UCLA School of Law in 2005. Hernandez has been detained in Caracas, the Venezuelan capital, since his disappearance in March 2022. (Courtesy of Henry Martinez)
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This post was updated May 10 at 4:43 p.m. Editor’s note: This post was updated to remove a referendum about inclusive access textbooks that is no longer on the ballot at the time of voting. Read more...
Photo: Candidates running for the Undergraduate Students Associated Council who have been endorsed by the Daily Bruin Editorial Board are pictured. (Courtesy of USAC candidates)
Throughout our time at UCLA, Bruins constantly think about the past while we live our best lives in the present – but most importantly, we anticipate the future. Read more...
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The future of Generation Z in politics becomes more promising every election cycle. As a new generation grows up in the Information Age – the introduction of the vastness of the internet and technologies thereafter – a renewed optimism is brought into a deeply cynical world. Read more...
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When was the last time you saw a piece of science fiction depict a future you actually wanted to live in? Maybe there’s the idealized version of 2015 in “Back to the Future Part II” that Marty McFly visits, complete with hoverboards and a 19th movie in the “Jaws” franchise. Read more...
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