More people live in Dykstra Hall than voted in the last year’s Westwood Neighborhood Council election. Despite this, the council wants to make voting even more difficult for students and young professionals, as it voted last week against a proposal to add online voting to its upcoming election in 2016. Jerry Brown, president of the […]
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Editorial: Organizers must allow, encourage media access to campus events
The Daily Bruin has set out to cover Bruin Bash as thoroughly as possible since the event’s inception in 2005, digging into both the atmosphere and performances as well as the financial processes that actually fund it. As one of the single largest regular pieces of programming put on at UCLA, Bruin Bash – and […]
Editorial: CEC, CAC needs better coordination for future Bruin Bash events
This year was a typical one for Bruin Bash. Well, except for the 23 calls to Emergency Medical Services, the sweaty mob that flooded the Intramural Field hoping to get a colored wristband and a rescinded promise from organizers that everyone who wanted to go would be able to. But none of that really seemed […]
Editorial: Standardizing meal swipe value would give students more flexibility
Not all swipes are created equal. One meal plan swipe can provide you with an all-you-can-eat buffet complete with an array of entrees, ice cream, various pastries and drinks. Or it could buy you a yogurt parfait. Freshmen are often left perplexed by the fact that items like smoothies and ice cream cones at Bruin […]
Editorial: UC must divest from fossil fuels to prove environmental consciousness
The University of California Board of Regents announced the sale of $200 million worth of its investments in coal and oil sands companies on Sept. 9, continuing the board’s trend of following environmental conscience only when backed by business acumen. Activists hailed the move as a positive step in restructuring the University’s finances toward a […]
Editorial: UCLA must provide parking for growing student, faculty population
UCLA has cut the number of available student parking permits this fall by hundreds, leaving nearly 1,000 students on the waitlist hoping to be able to drive to class. Those on the waitlist – many of them transfer or nontraditional students – have resorted to frantic searches for spots in Westwood, or have had to […]
Editorial: LA must apologize to Special Olympics athletes, rethink hosting plans
The 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games arrived in Los Angeles this weekend, with plenty of fanfare welcoming the 6,500 athletes and representatives from 165 different countries. While the Opening Ceremony – which included appearances by the likes of Michelle Obama and Justin Bieber – ran without incident, it was a much different story just […]