Stephon Clark. Jontell Reedom. Ronnell Foster. Timothy Breckenridge. Manuel Borrego. The list goes on. And on. And on. Law enforcement’s use of lethal force has been a polarizing question for years. The nation fought in 2012 over whether a reserve officer was permitted to shoot and kill Trayvon Martin, a black 17-year-old high school student […]
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2018 GSA candidate nonendorsement: Katherine Jia for vice president of internal affairs
The graduate student government’s election for its executive cabinet will continue until Tuesday. The Daily Bruin Editorial Board interviewed each of the five candidates and evaluated their platforms for the coming year. This article was updated Apr. 15 at 6:42 p.m. Katherine Jia’s enthusiasm reflects what the graduate student government needs most. Her lack of […]
2018 GSA candidate endorsement: Michael Skiles for president
The graduate student government’s election for its executive cabinet will continue until Tuesday. The Daily Bruin Editorial Board interviewed each of the five candidates and evaluated their platforms for the coming year. Creating a new neighborhood council. Keeping the student union afloat. Forcing the university to change its guiding documents on housing. Michael Skiles has […]
2018 GSA candidate endorsement: Eric Hu for vice president of internal affairs
The graduate student government’s election for its executive cabinet will continue until Tuesday. The Daily Bruin Editorial Board interviewed each of the five candidates and evaluated their platforms for the coming year. This board endorses Eric Hu as vice president of internal affairs for his extensive experience advocating for graduate student issues at both a […]
2018 GSA candidate endorsement: Michelle Ellis Viorato for vice president of external affairs
The graduate student government’s election for its executive cabinet will continue until Tuesday. The Daily Bruin Editorial Board interviewed each of the five candidates and evaluated their platforms for the coming year. This board endorses Michelle Ellis Viorato for vice president of external affairs because of her experience fighting for graduate students’ needs and her […]
2018 GSA candidate endorsement: Ashley Wright for vice president of academic affairs
The graduate student government’s election for its executive cabinet will continue until Tuesday. The Daily Bruin Editorial Board interviewed each of the five candidates and evaluated their platforms for the coming year. The board endorses Ashley Wright as the next vice president of academic affairs for her enthusiasm to improve upon the work of the […]
Editorial: USAC’s procrastination continues to result in rushed, ill-informed decisions
This post was updated April 10 at 12:13 p.m. One of the oft-quoted aphorisms from the late UCLA basketball coach John Wooden is, “Be quick, but don’t hurry.” The undergraduate student government would do well to heed the words of UCLA’s patron saint. The Undergraduate Students Association Council decided last week to allow students to […]