We can all agree Undergraduate Students Association Council has its shortcomings, but on Feb. 10 of this year, it left the greatest of stains on its legacy. Four elected councilmembers questioned a student for nearly forty minutes regarding her Jewish identity. While the incident made national headlines, one of the most vocal opponents of Rachel […]
Category Archives: Community
Submission: Forum to Reclaim Diversity invites community to change campus climate
The results of the Moreno report and the campus climate survey have highlighted the extent to which members of the UCLA community feel marginalized in their social, academic and work environments. These reports, coupled with ongoing incidents of racism, sexism and other forms of oppression, necessitate immediate action and responsible leadership. Which begs several questions: […]
Submission: Greater action against sexual violence needed for safer UCLA community
To the UCLA community: As part of the first annual Faculty Day of Action on April 16, 2015, UCLA faculty and graduate students are taking a stand with survivors of sexual violence by demanding more transparency and accountability in the way our university handles Title IX cases. The U.S. Department of Education is currently investigating […]
Students should sympathize with, not politicize, different identities
Over the course of the past few quarters at UCLA, one thing has become abundantly clear: Our campus climate is anything but perfect. Between the politicization of different identities and tokenization of certain experiences, it unfortunately has become increasingly difficult for us as students to have faith in the sincerity of others. As a member […]
Submission: UCLA professors should include more female scholars in coursework
Last week I went to class excited. As a graduating senior, I was overwhelmed by the bittersweet experience of my “last first day of school.” I sat down in my first seminar, a class I had been waiting for four years to take, and skimmed the syllabus. I felt a familiar discontent creep into my […]
Submission: CALCASA’s support of SB 668 betrays wishes of student survivors, activists
At the urging of University of California student survivors and activists, the UC President’s Task Force on Preventing and Responding to Sexual Violence and Sexual Assault produced a mandated recommendation for all UC campuses to have a confidential and privileged advocate on each campus. This confidential and privileged advocate is essentially a one-stop shop for […]
Submission: Ashe Center offers yoga to help reduce chronic stress in students
As a leader in the forefront of healthcare, UCLA’s Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center now offers its students free, specialized yoga classes that address the prevalent negative effects of chronic stress that many students experience. While stress is a normal reaction in human physiology to a demanding situation causing the body’s defenses to […]