I am thoroughly disappointed with a recent Daily Bruin submission written by a group of students who support the diversity requirement. I am disappointed not by the opinions held regarding the requirement, but because of the thorough misunderstanding of terms, the blatant lack of respect for democracy and the deliberate misleading statements present in the […]
Author Archives: Jacob Kohlhepp
Submission: Opposition to undergraduate diversity requirement is justified
In a recent editorial, the Daily Bruin Editorial Board condemned the actions of 59 professors who urged a revote on the College of Letters and Sciences diversity requirement proposal. This condemnation is a mischaracterization. First, the board criticizes any expansion of the vote beyond Letters and Sciences professors as illegitimate. What the Daily Bruin fails […]
Submission: Liberty-minded students must voice their opinions
The year is beginning and there is a war being waged. It is a war for relevance, war for prosperity and war for freedom. It is a war for electoral seats, but it is also a war of ideas. And UCLA is poised to be one of the greatest battlefronts. For too long in academia, […]