“I’ll sleep more next week.” “I’ll focus on dating after I graduate.” “I’ll exercise more next quarter.” As students, we say or hear these things all the time. We might put our values and quality of life on hold, sacrificing our wellness today with the idea that if we work hard enough then we will […]
Category Archives: Community
Letter to the Editor: Benefits of tobacco control bills should not be overlooked
Dear Editorial Board, I disagree with your March 15 editorial “Proposed law to raise smoking age ineffective, unnecessary.” First, raising the minimum sales age for tobacco products to 21 is an evidence-based strategy for reducing the prevalence of tobacco consumption. Ninety-five percent of adult smokers start before age 21, when the brain is most susceptible […]
Letter to the Editor: Big Blue Bus’ plan for new Expo Line increases efficiency
Dear Daily Bruin Editorial Board: We at Big Blue Bus were delighted to see you take on the cause of raising awareness of what might impede students from using the new Expo Light Rail, and we applaud your restating the planned Big Blue Bus options to the station, which are Big Blue Bus Routes 8 […]
Submission: Student event will center on solidarity, intersectionality to raise awareness
In an effort to promote education and a sense of community among all Bruins, the Asian American Studies M119: “Asian American and Pacific Islander Labor Issues” course will hold an event centered on solidarity in the face of injustice. The event, set for March 11, 2016, will showcase the many voices of UCLA impacted by […]
Letter to the Editor: Protesters must direct efforts toward those with power to enact change
I applaud the activism of students who demonstrated on March 2 to show their strong disagreement with the punishment that the UCLA administration has fixed in the sexual harassment case that has distressed my department, the student body and the entire campus for many months now. By the protesters taking this issue public, the most […]
Letter to the Editor: Daily Bruin editorial misrepresents sexual assault reporting policy
The Daily Bruin’s editorial “New sexual assault policy harms survivors” contains several serious inaccuracies or misrepresentations that must be corrected. First, the editorial incorrectly describes the policy’s “responsible employee” provision, which in fact only applies when employees learn of an incident in the course of their employment. Students can of course confide in each other […]
Submission: CAPS must improve accessibility to better serve UCLA community
In 2015, the University of California Student Association adopted the hashtag #HowAreYou, a call to increase “access to counseling, staff diversity to reflect the identities and experiences of the student body and outreach regarding the availability of services” as its undergraduate campaign. UCSA representatives have been conducting evaluations of each counseling and psychological services department […]