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I am disappointed that at last week’s Undergraduate Students Association Council meeting, many student council members were unwilling to pass a resolution supporting an ethical investment policy at UCLA. The USAC Resolution for Ethical Investments is in the interests of all students on campus and is based on widespread public support for policies favoring human rights, workers’ rights and environmental sustainability.

The new leave of absence policy, which is effective this academic year, has many negative consequences for graduate and professional students, especially Ph.D. students. While I understand these new policies were put in place with the rationale of maintaining continuous enrollment and reducing time to degree, they actually just make things worse. First, the total […]

The original version of this letter contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the letter for additional information. In response to last month’s Daily Bruin editorial concerning the visibility of sexual assault resources on campus, we, the leaders of the Campus Assault Resource Education Speak Out and Support Coalition, would like […]

For many college students, deciding how and where to invest seems like a task best left for the distant future. Any young person will admit that investing is a no-brainer in the long run, and many even dare to dream about what kinds of decisions they’ll make with their money years from now when they’re swimming in piles of it.