Submission: UCLA should offer database, info sessions for off-campus housing

As a second-year student considering possible living options for this next school year, I find myself in the same situation as many of my fellow students: searching for an apartment. Most students seeking to live off campus have the option of finding either a university or private apartment. Though this decision may seem simple, factors […]

Submission: UC should accommodate students affected by recent executive order

On Jan. 27, President Donald Trump signed an executive order barring citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States. The ban includes some international students who are already enrolled in American universities. Princeton University has sent emails advising students against leaving the United States while the implications of the ban are still […]

Submission: Greek life organizations should internalize, facilitate diversity

Previous Daily Bruin articles regarding Greek life have made clear the Greek life system’s intent to upgrade the way it addresses diversity on campus. Former Interfraternity Council President Derek Bergmann’s submission pointed out several initiatives to demonstrate that fraternity leadership “has prioritized education concerning racial and gender identity.” But while Greek life’s current diversity efforts […]

Submission: USAC offices must appoint students outside of personal circles

In 1883, Chester A. Arthur, then-president of the United States, signed the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, which established the United States Civil Service Commission and created a meritocratic federal bureaucracy. Before its passage, prestigious government jobs, like postmaster general, were doled out to friends of the ruling party; this patronage was popularly known as […]

Letter to the Editor: Bruin Democrats vows to exercise civil rights during Trump tenure

In order to hold the president and his Congress accountable for maintaining and extending to all Americans the rights enshrined in our Constitution and restoring trust in the political process, we Bruin Democrats pledge ourselves to a persistent and probing exercise of civil rights in the following ways: First, we will continue to help elect […]

Submission: Left must move past identity politics, reach across aisle

In my first quarter here at UCLA, I have quickly come to realize that elite college campuses, including our own, are hotspots for the development of identity politics. We see this in special-interest fraternities, racial and cultural student groups, the LGBT Campus Resource Center, discriminatory hiring processes and most poignantly, the multitude of anti-Donald Trump […]

Submission: Piterberg’s return exposes dangerous tolerance in administration

On the first day of winter quarter, professor Gabriel Piterberg’s two history classes were canceled due to student protests against the professor. Protesters were present inside the classroom, silent and bearing signs, during Wednesday’s classes as well. We at Bruins Against Sexual Harassment are aware that the people most directly affected by this protest are […]