In response to the Daily Bruin article “UCLA groups call for support in response to offensive flier” in News on Feb. 7: We the professional and student staff of the Academic Advancement Program denounce the deplorable sexist and racist acts recently directed at the Asian Pacific Islander community. We support the call for UCLA and […]
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Eitan Arom: USAC makes progress with bylaws change
There’s one word in the phrase “student government” that is often overlooked and consistently underrated. I’ll give you a hint: It’s not government. For anyone seeking to understand or be involved in student government at UCLA, it’s crucial to recognize that it is an educational experience – as much classroom as Congress. And as with any learning […]
Letter to the Editor: Student support for Proposition 13 reform unwarranted
It was absolutely outrageous to read Katie Shepherd’s column in the Daily Bruin on Jan. 22 and see photos of UCLA students screaming demands to “reform” Proposition 13. Before Proposition 13, senior citizens were in danger of being taxed out of their homes after 30 years, more or less, of making mortgage and property tax payments so they could […]
Submission: USAC participation in financial committee is necessary
By David Bocarsly, Tamir Sholklapper and Madison Murphy At its first meeting of thewinter quarter, the Undergraduate Students Association Council decided to take over half of its limited surplus funds from student group programming for its own initiatives. We are pleased the council recognized its mistake and overturned this decision a week later. Every student pays these […]
Eitan Arom: UCLA should not apply academic freedom policy on selective basis
James Enstrom has taken to carrying around a red folder full of documents. The former UCLA researcher has spent much of the last two years building a case against the people he believes forced him out of his position because of his scientific opinions. The saga that began with his termination from the Environmental Health […]
Eitan Arom: Embarking on multiple majors may defeat its own purpose
Come June, I will have a piece of paper that declares me to be a Bachelor of Science. That same piece of paper will also announce that I am a Bachelor of Arts. I’d like to pat myself on the back for my double bachelorhood and brag about my mastery of both brain hemispheres. And maybe […]
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BY SAM GRINBERG