Editor’s note: Some of this submission’s authors have requested their names be altered because they are unable to express their sexuality or gender identity in their personal lives outside the UCLA community. All contributors can be contacted by email at uclaqueeralliance@gmail.com. In a campus as large as UCLA’s, it’s easy to get lost in the […]
Category Archives: Community
Submission: Job stability is the only difference between lecturers, professors
On your first day of class, you will probably assume that the instructor at the front of the room is a professor, right? You’ve got about a 50-50 chance of being right. Truth is, your instructor might be a lecturer or a professor. What’s the difference? No difference for you, the students. But, in fact, […]
Submission: Arthur Wang’s generalizations of Chinese nationals promote prejudice
Overgeneralization threatens our campus. Misunderstanding and prejudice based on bold speculation from within the student body have been harming our campus climate for years. Allowing Arthur Wang’s words to be taken at face value without input from the other side only exacerbates such problems. In his article “Chinese nationals and Americans do not share views […]
Submission: Reading fiction crucial for broadening social awareness
I often wonder how many college students read fiction if not for the purpose of writing a course paper. Many students would claim that the sheer amount of work from their classes and jobs do not leave them any time to read for “pleasure.” However, reading a great work of fiction is invaluable for reasons […]
Submission: UC should not adopt anti-Semitism definition that endangers open debate
This summer has seen a debate over whether the UC Board of Regents should adopt a controversial definition of anti-Semitism that categorizes certain speech critical of Israeli policies as anti-Semitic. While anti-Semitism is understood to be prejudice, discrimination, or hatred toward Jewish people for being Jewish, this redefinition expands that notion to include three types […]
Submission: Regents must condemn anti-Semitism to ensure safety of Jewish identity
Editor’s Note: The following is an open letter to the University of California Board of Regents that represents the opinion of 83 different affiliated student groups and organizations throughout the UC. It was submitted to the Daily Bruin by Arielle Mokhtarzadeh, a undergraduate representative of the Associated Students UCLA Board of Directors and the vice […]
Heather Rosen: Decreased USAC funding not tied to councilmembers’ stipends
Of the many issues under the Undergraduate Students Association Council’s umbrella, one of the most contentious regards the compensation of the 14 officers who represent the student body. For some, the very idea of having undergraduates paid to work on student issues, especially when there are so many unpaid student leaders, is problematic. Because USAC […]