In a letter to the editor in Wednesday’s issue of the Daily Bruin, David Horowitz followed up his inflammatory posters with gross accusations about two UCLA student groups, Students for Justice in Palestine and the Muslim Student Association. As an outsider to our campus, perhaps Mr. Horowitz can resort to fear-mongering and allusions to ethnic […]
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Letter to the Editor: UCLA, USC must show respect, sportsmanship in upcoming football game
An Open Letter to the UCLA and USC Communities: The historic rivalry between UCLA and USC is one of the greatest traditions in college football, with enthusiasm building long before the game, which this year will take place Nov. 28 at the Coliseum. Although we wear different colors and root for opposing teams, UCLA and […]
Letter to the Editor: Posters linking SJP, MSA to terrorist groups are not Islamophobic
The Bruin article about our poster campaign to expose the support provided to Hamas terrorists by Students for Justice in Palestine and the Muslim Student Association at UCLA left some misleading impressions, which I would like to correct. Specifically, an SJP spokesperson was quoted accusing us of “Islamophobia.” In fact, Islam isn’t mentioned in the […]
Submission: UCLA can help snuff out tobacco at Great American Smokeout
Thursday, Nov. 19 is the 40th annual Great American Smokeout, which was started by the California chapter of the American Cancer Society. The Great American Smokeout is an important time to be mindful that tobacco is the leading preventable cause of death in the U.S. and that new tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes and vaping […]
Submission: Proposed bylaw changes gives USAC undue power, less accountability
Most people at UCLA understand that the Undergraduate Students Association Council is supposed to represent all undergraduate students, taking direction and leadership from students themselves. Ideally, it’s a representative government: we all pay $160 annually in fees, and every Spring we elect 14 councilmembers to promote student welfare. But this week’s proposal to limit the […]
Submission: Student dissension should be carried out with respect, not hostility
After reading that the University of California Board of Regents will continue to discuss the Statement of Principles Against Intolerance at its meeting this month in San Francisco, and after hearing about anti-Semitic incidents over the past few years that have caused dissension among members of various organizations on campus, I felt the inclination to […]
Letter to the Editor: UC sets bad example for students in treatment of lecturers
Dear editorial staff, What a wonderful editorial about the need for the University of California administration to respect its lecturers and to be transparent about negotiations. Lecturers are as important to the teaching mission of the UC as are Academic Senate faculty, and they should have equivalent pay and benefits. One shameful practice that the […]