Free speech is a hot button topic on campus from coast to coast, and one that is hardly black and white. Blogger Claire Hubert is taking time every week to explore the nuances that surround our First Amendment rights. Read more...
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Gender disparities between men and women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics have considerably decreased, as the percentage of women with bachelor’s degrees in engineering, mathematics and the sciences have risen steadily from 1970 to 2012. Read more...
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As UCLA students we pride ourselves in our True Bruin Values, which include respecting the free expressions of the others’ opinions. Despite the notion that one attends college to be enlightened by new ideas, we may actually just be absorbing one-sided opinions that, in the long run, subtly prevent our brain from processing different viewpoints. Read more...
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There was a football game yesterday. It involved a team you probably care about. It did not go well. But why? No, I’m not asking why the Bruins lost again. Read more...
Photo: Front-page report of the Bruins defeat of USC during UCLA football’s only championship season in 1954. Intercollegiate athletics were already major televised affairs at this time. (Daily Bruin archives)
Whenever I sense myself spiraling into a fit of liberal rage – the kind that tempts me to roast someone that posts something I find offensive on Facebook – I take a deep breath and remember something my friend Ellen told me a long time ago. Read more...
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They can be seen in front of the Bruin Bear every Wednesday night, shaking their hips to the Latin tunes of Marc Anthony and Luis Enrique. Read more...
Photo: Students try out salsa dancing on Wednesdays next to the Bruin Bear. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Have you ever wanted to party like a complete Hollywood douchebag and pretend you’re contributing in some meaningful way to bettering the state of “socio-economically devastated” Los Angeles communities? Read more...
Photo: The barely filled dance hall felt more like a high school dance than a Hollywood nightclub. (Kelly Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
