Since the Westwood Village Food Truck Lot was established in July, on the corner of Gayley and Le Conte avenues, it has received excessive backlash from local business groups, such as the Westwood Community Council. The food trucks were offered an ultimatum by the city; either comply with city codes or vacate the premises by […]
Author Archives: Editorial Board
Editorial: Administration must adopt clearer discrimination reporting procedure
In the year since the release of the Moreno Report, which revealed that UCLA has insufficient procedures to address discrimination among faculty, the university has been too slow in implementing vital elements of the report’s recommendations. In order to demonstrate its commitment to tackling the vital problem of faculty discrimination, UCLA administration must move faster […]
Editorial: Faculty should vote on new diversity course requirement
Starting Friday, the faculty of the College of Letters and Science will have the chance to vote for a diversity course requirement for its undergraduates for the fourth time in more than 25 years. In the past, only small fractions – around 20 and 30 percent of faculty – have voted. Those faculty who did […]
Allan Kew
This board does not endorse transfer representative candidate Allan Kew because he lacks crucial experience with USAC politics and working within student government. While Kew puts forward some interesting platforms such as establishing a town hall for transfer students to voice their concerns and creating a transfer student mentorship program, he does not have the […]
Vacancy Amendment
This board endorses the Vacancy Amendment – a clear and simple solution to a glaring flaw in the Undergraduate Students Association Council constitution. However, we do have reservations about whether future councils will actually obey the document. The current USAC constitution does not provide guidelines on how to fill a completely new office, as the […]
Sofia Moreno Haq
Sofia Moreno Haq would bring a solid amount of student government experience to the council table, despite having no prior experience in USAC, having served as a student senator at her community college prior to transferring to UCLA. However, her platforms as a whole were underwhelming, and she failed to sufficiently explain how she would […]
Negeen Sadeghi-Movahed
While all candidates discussed creating better unity among transfer students, Negeen Sadeghi-Movahed appeared most in touch with the diverse transfer student community and its needs. She also stood out in her institutional knowledge of transfer student issues. For these reasons, we endorse Sadeghi-Movahed for transfer student representative. Sadeghi-Movahed said she would develop an academic advising […]