Letter to the Editor: Union worker protestors should target university officials, not students

A normal Monday morning began with the sound of horns and shouts, as UCLA workers began a three-day strike after contract agreement negotiations between workers and the University of California broke down. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299, the union that represents workers across UC campuses, announced the three-day strike […]

Submission: USAC must cease petty politics to better serve whole student body

The Undergraduate Students Association Council election season is upon us. Amid the campaign excitement, future council members – and their to-be-appointed staff – need to keep some things in mind. USAC’s constant internal issues this year prevented certain offices from reaching their full potential and achieving their goals. The Daily Bruin Editorial Board’s evaluation of […]

Submission: Students must stand with workers, hold UC accountable to stated ideals

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the University of California. UC administrators want us to believe that this milestone marks 150 years of the UC pioneering a better future for its students and workers, 150 years of egalitarianism and inclusion and 150 years as a socio-economic ladder for students and workers. Unfortunately, this narrative […]

Submission: USAC needs to rise above petty politics, put students first

What do you think of when you hear about the Undergraduate Students Association Council? Perhaps you think of the shadiness and pettiness that taint our campus elections. Or maybe you think of people being fake for votes. But that’s campus politics, not USAC. It’s petty campus politics that encourages students to do things like file […]

Submission: UCLA should allow use of meal plan swipes at on-campus restaurants

Gabriel Hergenroeder, a third-year student, was one of more than 2,600 UCLA undergraduates to respond to a survey on food accessibility disseminated on social media earlier by the Undergraduate Students Association Council’s General Representative 1 office. Hergenroeder pondered the notion that his 19P meal plan was constrained by budgeting and physical separation from the Hill. […]

Letter to the Editor: Lack of respect for nontenured faculty harms education quality

Dear Editors, We contingent faculty are always happy when students are curious about how the university works and interested in analyzing the power structures that affect them. Austin Pink, in his recent opinion column titled “Reliance on nontenured faculty harms teaching environment, education quality,” gets a lot of things right about the challenges UCLA lecturers […]

Submission: Advocating for equal Palestinian rights does not equal anti-Semitism

I usually refrain from using public mediums to critique Zionism – a nationalist political ideology that calls for the establishment and protection of a Jewish nation-state. Even though Israel’s policies are shaped by ethnonationalism, I find it more important to educate the campus community about Palestinian human rights. But when I read last month’s submission […]