UCLA may have mastered the art of constant construction, but it has a lot to improve on in the planning process, where ultimate cost and student impacts can be forgotten. Two weeks ago, UCLA announced it will reconstruct the Kinross Recreation Center, or KREC graduate student gym, a few hundred yards away on Parking Lot […]
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Editorial: Students must continue to fight for equality, inclusivity
Voters across the nation elected Donald Trump to the presidency Tuesday, along with a Republican-controlled Senate and House of Representatives. This government looks bleak for many, but we cannot let the results disillusion us from the American dream. The UCLA community, which voted heavily for Hillary Clinton according to the Daily Bruin’s exit polling, turned […]
Election Guide 2016
There’s a lot at stake this election. Read up on Daily Bruin’s coverage of this year’s national, state and local ballots.
Editorial: UC administrators’ actions do not reflect their own Title IX policies
While the University of California regents have spent the past two years overseeing improvements to systemwide sexual harassment and assault policies, they don’t seem to have learned much from it. It’s no secret officials up and down the UC system do not practice what they preach. The most recent example is Norman Pattiz, a UC […]
Editorial: Students must vote to fulfill civic duty
Given the state of the 2016 presidential campaign, Nov. 8 couldn’t come sooner for many of us. But we shouldn’t use cynicism as an excuse to sit this election out. It goes without saying that this election cycle has been anything but typical. For the first time, a woman was named a candidate for a […]
2016 Election: Clinton for President
The American people have a clear choice for president this election season. On one hand, a reckless and divisive candidate who relies on fear and vitriol to fuel his base. On the other, a socially responsible candidate with realistic policies and the political chops to govern with poise. As such, this board endorses Hillary Clinton […]
2016 Election: Harris for Senate
It’s certainly not every election that voters face a choice between two Democrats for a statewide race. But this year’s United States Senate race between California’s Attorney General Kamala Harris and U.S. Representative Loretta Sanchez isn’t every election. While the board commends Sanchez’s demonstration of her dance moves at the Senate debate, we endorse Kamala […]