Dear Editor: Your recent editorial on the proposal by UC’s current student regent to add a student adviser to the UC Board of Regents lacked some crucial information. Adding another voting member to the board would require amending the California Constitution, a lengthy and uncertain process. Instead, the student regent proposes a more expeditious idea, […]
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Submission: Shame on the Daily Bruin – student voices are crucial to UC governance
At UCLA, one of the top-ranking public research institutions, and at the University of California, one of the most advanced public higher education systems in the world, students have always been at the forefront of creating change. It was once said, “I don’t speak because I have the power to speak; I speak because I […]
Submission: UCPD must not deny assistance to those unaffiliated with UCLA
Hazard lights. On a Wednesday night unlike any other, that’s what drew me in. Running through Westwood’s winding streets like I’d done dozens of times before, I saw those hazard lights and stopped to help the driver propped up against his car looking distressed. Unfortunately, this was not the end of the story. Instead of […]
Letter to the Editor: Past Daily Bruin news article relies on sensationalism
Dear Editorial Board and Mr. Tadimeti, I recently came across an article in the News section of the Daily Bruin by Keshav Tadimeti from Dec. 7 entitled “UCLA professors to be honored by AAAS for scientific research.” Despite the title, the author spent minimal amount of effort describing the research achievements of the two UCLA […]
Submission: Bigoted Facebook posts are most recent examples of anti-Semitism at UC
On Dec.16, 2015, Vice Chancellor Janina Montero released an email in reference to anti-Semitic Facebook posts shared by a member of our community. While I applaud Vice Chancellor Montero for condemning the hateful rhetoric, the email – without context or explanation – was inadequate. Individuals at UCLA have long accused the Jewish community of having […]
Submission: ACLJ letter in support of GSA founded on misconception of neutrality
Whoever asked the American Center for Law and Justice to weigh in on the Graduate Student Association funding scandal should have told them the whole story. Last week, the ACLJ, a staunchly anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender and anti-women’s rights legal advocacy group founded by televangelist Pat Robertson, issued a letter to the university claiming […]
Submission: Professors must work to understand, help students with mental illness
Dear My Best Friend’s Professor, I wanted to start off by letting you know that I think you are amazing. I don’t know the extent of what you do here at UCLA, but I do know that in order to have reached your esteemed position at this university, you have done incredible research and have […]