Keshav Tadimeti: Administration should improve communication with undergraduates

For the record, in my one year at UCLA I have only ever seen one of the Murphy Hall tenants in person. Actually, make that two: I not only had the good fortune of listening to Vice Chancellor Jerry Kang during the fall 2015 Diversity Caucus, but I also got to witness Chancellor Gene Block […]

Submission: As public transit moves forward, remember bus is no substitute for rail

The Expo Line’s opening marks the end not only of UCLA’s transit isolation from the rest of the city, but of LA’s era of being made to put up with transit half-measures. The Expo Line is completed, the Purple’s heading westward, the Green’s being finished, and the Orange’s planned for conversion. LA still remains decades […]

Submission: Lack of racial equity in justice system justifies protesters’ agendas

These past few years have been filled with protests and calls for justice from communities of color, especially the African-American community, regarding the ever-present racism in the criminal justice system. Recent tensions between civilians and police began to simmer with the killing of Trayvon Martin and reached a boiling point after the shooting of Michael […]

Submission: UCLA must do more to prepare for emergency situations

Since our last letter to the editor, the BruinAlert system has taken steps to improve its message content and has limited the frequency of its test alerts. We applaud these improvements. The June 1 murder–suicide in Engineering IV put the improved BruinAlert system to the test. Within minutes of the event, BruinAlert subscribers received text […]

Submission: Attacks on statistics lecturer Vivian Lew are based on misinformation

When UCLA statistics lecturer Vivian Lew received the alert of police activity in Engineering IV, she immediately thought of her students’ safety. There was an exam scheduled for her Statistics 20 students in a nearby building, so she hastily sent an email instructing them to ignore the scheduled location and avoid the area, reassuring them […]

Submission: Bruin Republicans’ talk on feminism shortsighted, destructive

Bruin Republicans has stated in its mission statement that it is dedicated to promoting “calm debate on campus and constructive dialogue.” So, they hosted Milo Yiannopoulos for a talk entitled “Feminism is Cancer.” Yiannopoulos, a reporter for Breitbart, is notorious for comments he has made, including his claim that women want men to commit more […]

Submission: UC should extend educational programs to prisons to reduce recidivism rates

As of 2014, California had more state prisons and jails than University of California and California State University campuses combined. In the past few decades, California’s prison spending has spiked, which has had a detrimental effect on higher education and rehabilitation services. Unfortunately, the state of California has not reaped the economic benefits of this […]