Dear Editor, The Daily Bruin published a story Feb. 5 regarding some parents’ concerns about the UCLA Lab School, which enrolls students from pre-K through sixth grade and is operated by the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies. The article implies the Lab School leadership has not been transparent with the community. The […]
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Op-ed: Regents quietly, unjustly cut student advisor position last minute
The students of the University of California were conned out of a seat at the leadership table last month. Three weeks ago, the UC Board of Regents voted on a proposal to extend the student advisor pilot program it had created two years prior after student calls for more representation in the University’s decision-making body. […]
Op-ed: Scooters on campus pose a threat to the safety of UCLA’s campus
Scooters are menaces on our campus that cause injuries to innocent people. The injuries can even get as bad as a broken hip. In fact, that has already happened at UCLA. On Sept. 24, at about 11:15 a.m., Juming Zhao, a consultant to universities in China, was walking on Charles E. Young Drive South, crossing […]
Submission: EngageWell initiative overlooked in addressing college campus loneliness
UCLA, like any university, has a loneliness problem. Loneliness is a problem experienced by people of all age groups, but it is most prevalent among adolescents. This is a result of adolescence being a period when acceptance and kinship are paramount to the formation of our identities. This loneliness is only exacerbated by the stress […]
Submission: Lawsuit against the UC is about advocating for data transparency
A few weeks ago, the Asian American Community Services Center and I filed a petition in state court, seeking an order that the University of California disclose anonymized data on undergraduate applicants and students at the University’s nine undergraduate campuses, starting with the admissions cycle of 2007 and continuing to the present. The UC Office […]
Submission: University shows hypocrisy in Rev. Lawson UCLA Medal ceremony
Last week, Chancellor Gene Block awarded Rev. James Lawson our university’s highest honor, the UCLA Medal, for his contributions to nonviolence and social change. The UCLA Medal has been awarded to many people who have, for better or for worse, changed the culture and the political climate we live in. These include novelist Toni Morrison, […]
Submission: Financially punishing BruinCard replacement charges call for more tolerance
It is possible your mom threw it away, thinking it was trash. You could have also dropped it down the crack between the floor and elevator shaft. Perhaps you lost a broken one on the way to getting it fixed. Or maybe you forgot you were holding it, became frustrated or surprised, and snapped it […]