Submission: Petition to broaden vote on diversity requirement threatens UCLA College autonomy

Editor’s note: The following is an open letter to UCLA faculty that represents the opinion of more than 350 UCLA faculty members. It was submitted to the Daily Bruin by ecology and evolutionary biology professor Paul Barber. Dear UCLA faculty, We are writing on behalf of more than 350 UCLA faculty to express our deep […]

Submission: Faculty members should vote for College Diversity Initiative’s passage

Editor’s note: The submission below was originally sent by members of UCLA’s Committee on Diversity and Equal Opportunity to faculty in the College of Letters and Science on Oct. 21. It has been edited for Daily Bruin style and reprinted below. Dear Faculty Member, We, the undersigned, members of UCLA’s Committee on Diversity and Equal […]

Submission: Bruin Diversity Referendum’s popularity signifies future success

  Advocating for diversity-related initiatives has historically been a quiet yet daunting task in higher education. Even more challenging is the process of aligning different campaigns for a larger diversity movement. Nonetheless, 2014 has marked an unprecedented shift in the legitimization of diversity-related issues at UCLA, particularly due to students refusing to be silent. We […]