Valentine’s day is around the corner and love is in the air in the newsroom! Special guest stars Jill and Roberto join Chris, Ara and Liberty to discuss some of the most burning questions surrounding love and dating. Is Chipotle a good date spot? Does Valentine’s Day overemphasize heteronormativity? Will Chris ever reunite with his […]
Author Archives: Ara Shirinian
Ara Shirinian: Outdated Westwood city regulations shackle recreation, business
Of the many illegal things you could do in Westwood, I bet you never imagined that dancing could be one of them. Though it’s not technically illegal, complicated city regulations have made it extremely difficult for local businesses to get the licensing required to have basic forms of entertainment like live music and dancing. Most […]
Editorial: ASUCLA should set up pilot prayer space for more permanent solution
Some problems are so easy to fix that there’s almost no excuse for their existence. The lack of a nondiscriminatory prayer and meditation space at UCLA is one of these problems. For years, it seemed as if the prayer space has been used as a political promise by Undergraduate Students Association Council candidates of all […]
Ara Shirinian: It’s time to stop being neutral about net neutrality
Right now, the future of the Internet is being debated in a federal court and almost no one is talking about it. Last year, I wrote about the Federal Communications Commission’s policies reclassifying Internet service providers (ISPs) as common carriers in accordance with Title II of the Communications Act of 1934. Though the FCC’s new […]
Ara Shirinian: City needs to reduce parking fines, revamp street-cleaning procedures
I get it, the street needs to be cleaned. What I don’t get is why I need a $70 ticket on days when a street-cleaning vehicle is nowhere in sight, apparently replaced with an army of parking officers. Thankfully, the Los Angeles Parking Reform Working Group – tasked by Mayor Eric Garcetti with finding solutions […]
Throwback Thursday, Week 5: Class conflicts
Enrollment is terrible, it’s always been terrible, it always will be terrible. On Monday, just before the winter class catalog was released and less than a week before students received their enrollment appointments, the administration announced that Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate test credits will no longer count toward advancing students’ enrollment priorities. For those who relied […]
Ara Shirinian: UC should make transparency reports mandatory across all campuses
The University of California has a transparency problem. Thanks to UC Berkeley, that’s about to change. Berkeley became the first school in the country earlier this year to release a transparency report disclosing the number of government requests for the data of students, faculty and staff that use the school’s electronic communication tools. Berkeley is […]