To the UCLA community: As part of the first annual Faculty Day of Action on April 16, 2015, UCLA faculty and graduate students are taking a stand with survivors of sexual violence by demanding more transparency and accountability in the way our university handles Title IX cases. The U.S. Department of Education is currently investigating […]
Author Archives: Natalie Delgadillo
Students should sympathize with, not politicize, different identities
Over the course of the past few quarters at UCLA, one thing has become abundantly clear: Our campus climate is anything but perfect. Between the politicization of different identities and tokenization of certain experiences, it unfortunately has become increasingly difficult for us as students to have faith in the sincerity of others. As a member […]
Natalie Delgadillo: Rethinking approach to sexual assault stories after Rolling Stone case
Writing about trauma is a formidable task. As journalists, our professional practice is based in skepticism; reporters are never supposed to take anyone’s word for anything and have to verify facts to the point of exhaustion. Even for a normal story – one that isn’t emotionally triggering or fraught with a person’s traumatic experience – […]
Submission: Eco-friendly approaches to landscaping can cut water usage
Amidst the bore and bustle of everyday life on campus, California’s current drought is likely an afterthought for the average UCLA student. But the university and its students are not free from responsibility in this crisis. Since January 2014, Gov. Jerry Brown has twice declared a state of emergency regarding the drought conditions. Now, more […]
Submission: Jewish and pro-Israel groups at UCLA condemn posters accusing SJP of anti-Semitism
We would like to condemn the posters which were posted on campus this weekend labeling members of Students for Justice in Palestine as “Jew Haters.”
Natalie Delgadillo: State needs to accept responsibility, contribute to UCRP
For 20 years, the University of California and the state legislature folded their hands in their lap and slowly allowed one of the major financial structures of the University to sink into insolvency. Rather incomprehensibly, both stopped all contributions to the University of California Retirement Plan in 1990, driving the UC’s vast pension plan, which […]
Natalie Delgadillo: In wake of Charlie Hebdo tragedy, we must remember quieter injustices
Sixty-one journalists were killed on the job in 2014. Among the names you or I might recognize are American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff, both brutally killed by a militant Islamic group; but there are dozens of names I found doing cursory internet research that I’d never seen reported or memorialized in any major […]