Rental Residential Group Director Endorsements 2014

Editor’s note: The Daily Bruin Editorial Board endorsed candidates for two of the four rental residential group director seats in this weekend’s Westwood Neighborhood Council election. The editorial board represents the official stance of the Daily Bruin and is composed of four standing members – the editor-in-chief, managing editor, news editor and opinion editor – […]

Student Director Endorsements 2014

Editor’s note: The Daily Bruin Editorial Board endorsed candidates for the student director seat in this weekend’s Westwood Neighborhood Council election. The editorial board represents the official stance of the Daily Bruin and is composed of four standing members – the editor-in-chief, managing editor, news editor and opinion editor – in addition to six staff […]

Editorial: Push for diversity-related GE requirement is student-led

For UCLA students, the value of inclusion speaks loudly. In recent years, students have echoed concerns about a hostile campus climate; they have lobbied for an environment on campus in which any individual can feel respected regardless of background or circumstance. The General Education requirement has been a central focus of student efforts, and the […]

Editorial: Transfer representative success dependent on solid plans

In approving the creation of a new student government position Friday, voters handed the incoming Undergraduate Students Association Council a sizable summer project to cut its teeth on. The Transfer Student Representative Constitutional Amendment earned the support of 74.4 percent of voters, easily surpassing the needed two-thirds vote. The referendum will create a voting position […]

Editorial: Election Code misinterpretation allows for censorship

The Undergraduate Students Association Council Election Board has already shown itself prone to misinterpreting its own code. But when a misinterpretation of that code is used to justify media censorship, it is dangerous and inexcusable. On Monday, the USAC Election Board Chair Anthony Padilla warned presidential candidates that they could face sanctions if they participated […]

Editorial: Year’s politics begets question of what USAC role should be

The tenure of the 2013-2014 Undergraduate Students Association Council was a boom-and-bust cycle, marked by the highs of successful inter-office projects and the lows of persistent missteps in transparency and procedure. More often than not, it was the failures in decision-making and collaboration that set the tone at the council table. Controversies such as the […]