Eitan Arom: South African struggle inspired Bruins to fight for justice

At the time Kathleen Sheldon started graduate school at UCLA in 1975, it seemed Nelson Mandela would never get out of prison. As Sheldon and a group of campus activists sought to make the South African government an international pariah, Mandela toiled away in an island prison – a visionary moral leader reduced to breaking rocks […]

Submission: Initiative will further closing of opportunity gap

By Judy K. Sakaki Since 2001, the University of California – and California as a whole – has made enormous strides in expanding college opportunities for students who have proven their academic talent by graduating from a California high school but who still face tremendous hurdles to success because they happen to be undocumented. The first […]

Submission: African American studies department would promote culture

By Kamilah Moore, Janay Williams and Darren Ramalho The Afrikan Student Union at UCLA has a rich history on the UCLA campus dating back to 1966. One of the strongest black student demands in 1967 and 1968 was for the creation of a Center for Afro-American Studies. In fact, two black UCLA students, Alprentice “Bunchy” Carter and John Jerome […]

Eitan Arom: Reliance on surplus unsustainable

I’ve been here before. Since my second year at UCLA, at about this time every year, I’ve sat down to write a column about the Undergraduate Students Association Council’s annual surplus. I’m a fourth-year now, and the makeup of the council has changed since I started this tradition. But the problem hasn’t. If anything can […]

Submission: Resolution would help clarify sexual assault policies

In the three months since 7,000 in Solidarity: A Campaign Against Sexual Assault launched on UCLA’s campus, I’ve received more than 60 responses and stories from sexual assault survivors – all Bruins – both current students and alumni. Their experiences came in by email, in response to the campaign’s Google form, and in drop bys to the Student Wellness Commission […]

Reprise: Confusion in the wake of Kennedy’s death

Editor’s note: this column was originally published in the Daily Bruin on Nov. 27, 1963, five days after the death of John F. Kennedy, under the headline “Questions.” One sentence was edited for sensitive language. By Don Harrison He was assassinated. And so was his alleged assassin. Do we shrug our shoulders and turn slowly […]