“No Offense, But” is back for another week, this time to answer a question on many students’ minds: What is going on with the Undergraduate Students Association Council? Opinion editor Keshav Tadimeti, staff columnists Abhishek Shetty and Emily Merz, and columnist Will Bleveans break down why the upcoming student government elections are the dumpster fire […]
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No Offense, But: The college admissions scandal(s)
“No Offense, But” is back for the quarter. Join Opinion editor Keshav Tadimeti and columnists Reilly Berberian and Abhishek Shetty as they break down both the college admissions scandals in which UCLA has been implicated. After they analyze the perks rich students enjoy, the trio opens up the age-old debate: quarters versus semesters.
Op-ed: AFSCME to go on strike to protest alleged worker intimidation, free speech issues
Over the last year, University of California workers have gone on strike three different times. These disruptions have been precipitated in part by the University’s failure to negotiate fair contracts with the workers who make our state’s third-largest employer run every day. But rather than addressing the eroding economic opportunities at the University, it has […]
Letter to our readers: Why Daily Bruin staffers are going on strike
To the Associated Students UCLA Communications Board, Jacob Preal, Abigail Goldman, Doria Deen and the readers of the Daily Bruin, We, the undersigned, are writing to express dissent and disappointment with the ASUCLA Communications Board’s vote to appoint an editor in chief against the staff’s recommendation. At the start of spring quarter, the Daily Bruin […]
UCLA’s policies and politics have made an equitable campus only a fleeting dream
A single, clenched fist thrust from a sea of white ivory. That’s the symbol of equity in higher education. It’s the sigil black students wear when they rise up to challenge an institution that has abandoned them. It’s the rallying cry of union workers clad in bright green, protesting unlivable wages under the sharp Southern […]
No Offense, But: Senates and sidewalks
“No Offense, But:” is back for another week. Join the crew as it talks about the discouraging number of Academic Senate undergraduate appointments and the sorry state of Westwood’s sidewalks.
PRIME: Walking the Bruin Walk
An irritating vibration shot up my left arm. My eyes groggily opened and I glanced to the side of my bed. I saw my phone screen blinking and looked at the caller ID. It was Andre Oliver. And it was 6:16 a.m. on a Monday. So much for getting a full eight hours of sleep […]