For us Palestinians, May 15 is a date of irreversible loss. It marks the start of when our relatives and our people were driven from their homes during Israel’s 1947-1949 campaign of ethnic cleansing, never to return. Many of them carried the keys to the homes that they were forced to leave, thinking that they […]
Category Archives: Community
Submission: Petition for USAC election revote necessary to restore trust in system
Last Monday, seven other students and I submitted a Petition for Consideration to the USAC Judicial Board. The petition asks the board to disqualify the Social Justice Referendum and set a date for a recall election for all contested candidates in the other week’s undergraduate elections. The goal we seek to achieve is much more […]
Submission: Greek community must work together to combat negative perceptions
Greek Community: The recent Daily Bruin article, “Records reveal Pi Kappa Phi members made racists statements in 2013,” suggests that racists and misogynistic comments are commonplace within the Greek community. While the university needs time to gather all the facts and review these serious and disturbing allegations, I also feel the need to provide this […]
Submission: Bruin Republicans not responsible for individual members’ views
This past Friday, three members of Bruin Republicans attended an event at UC Santa Barbara and were photographed holding signs that some have regarded to be offensive and transphobic. During the last several days, members of the Bruin community as well as advocates from a wide variety of backgrounds have taken to social media to […]
Submission: Committee hearing on discussion of campus climate issues ineffective
When campus climate is used as a political weapon, it degrades the concept and hurts all students. That’s what happened last Friday when the California Assembly’s Select Committee on Campus Climate held a hearing at UCLA’s James West Alumni Center to discuss campus climate issues throughout the state of California. If you didn’t hear about […]
Submission: Systematic oppression of people of color should not be dismissed
The callous amusement articulated by Blake Deal at the Revolution Club’s and other students’ participation in the national student day of protest against murder by police – what he called “live entertainment” – brings to mind the amusement of the onlookers who would gather in festivals and picnics, bringing the whole family to watch the […]
Submission: Israel Independence Week is a celebration of survivors
How does one small country generate so much controversy and news? It is amazing that as a country smaller than the size of New Jersey, Israel makes front-page headlines almost every day and is seemingly always a point of serious contention on this campus. This week marks the 68th anniversary of the independence and creation […]