Last week, all of Washington, D.C. and countless others honed in on a hearing in Congress to watch Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook, get grilled for the company’s breaches of user data. Congress launched volley after volley of questions, regarding topics ranging from the Cambridge Analytica breach, which involved a third-party web application scraping […]
Author Archives: Aaron Julian
Aaron Julian: LA Metro must address safety concerns in light of ridership declines
Los Angeles’ public transportation system, like any city’s transportation network, is large, complex and sometimes slow. But it needs to pick up the pace when it comes to addressing the safety concerns of its riders. LA Metro could be the second-most extensive public transportation system in the United States by 2028. In 2016, Angelenos overwhelmingly […]
Aaron Julian: Conservative campus groups should start constructive dialogue
It seems that after all the noise of the presidential election, we have forgotten about the most important characteristic of political and intellectual environments: balance. It goes without saying that UCLA is an overtly left-leaning school – Bruins donate to mostly Democratic candidates, and faculty members were willing enough to do things like reschedule exams […]
Aaron Julian: USAC should foster joint efforts between EVP, other offices
Rafi Sands has had a pretty busy year. The incumbent Undergraduate Students Association Council external vice president and his office have lobbied at UCLA, Sacramento and the District of Columbia for both the presidential and Los Angeles elections – both of which were crucial to the future of LA and UCLA. It was reaffirming to […]
Aaron Julian: Paul Koretz’s leadership needs to be more dynamic in final term
Los Angeles is changing now faster than ever, with new businesses, residents, neighborhoods, roads and other infrastructure. But with great changes come great challenges, and the city is already getting a good dose of problems. Westwood lies within City Council District 5, which is no stranger to tensions over development or traffic jams on freeways […]
Aaron Julian: USAC needs to implement exit polls to decrease voter complacency
Our leaders are only as good as the people they represent. It is easy to complain about inaction from some of the Undergraduate Students Association Council members we’ve entrusted with hundreds of thousands of our student fee dollars. But they are only as incompetent as we are as voters. Don’t forget, the last cycle of […]
Aaron Julian: Students should turn to protest methodology aimed at reducing chasm
Just as in the timeless football movie classics “Remember the Titans” and “Friday Night Lights,” our politics has turned into two different inspiring half-time speeches by politicians, pundits and comedians to incite anger and energy against one another. But now, our outrage and contempt for the other team has eclipsed our desire to even meet […]