Op-ed: STEM students are subject to arbitrarily harsh, mentally taxing grading schemes

As soon as a grueling STEM test ends, I always think to myself how everyone did on the exam. Did everyone score high or did everyone score low? Most importantly, will I beat the curve? Compare that to how I thought about my communication class: My A-quality speech is an A-quality speech. On the other […]

Op-ed: Intergenerational trauma affects mental health of Southeast Asian-Americans

I am a second-generation Vietnamese immigrant, a child of refugees from the Vietnam War who lives in the heart of Little Saigon, California. My hometown has one of the highest concentrations of Vietnamese people outside of Vietnam, and I am, according to statistical analysis, more likely than the average white American to suffer from depression, […]

Op-ed: I once was endorsed to be the Daily Bruin’s editor in chief. I agree with staffers’ concerns.

For the past eight years, I have worked in big newsrooms like the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times, and have learned a thing or two about office politics. But the worst, most politically fraught period of my life remains the three months I campaigned to be editor of the Daily Bruin. And […]

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 […]

Letter to the editor: Communications Board defends deliberation and decision of next editor in chief

To the undersigned members of UCLA student media, Thank you for the open letter we received regarding your concern over the appointment of the editor in chief for the Daily Bruin for the 2019-2020 academic year. We appreciate your continued commitment to student media and recognize the tremendous positive impact of all our writers and […]

Op-ed: Unfounded criticisms of USAC erodes possibilities for student empowerment

The Undergraduate Students Association Council has grappled over the past few weeks with how to move forward with its upcoming elections. Intermingled with these discussions are statements made by a few students that the council was “conservative” and a “white majority council,” among other inflammatory accusations. Further, these statements, posts and letters unfairly targeted particular […]