Editorial: Requiring newly built houses to have solar panels will do more harm than good

When it comes to solar panels in California, more means less. The California Energy Commission, the state’s primary energy policy and planning agency, adopted new building standards May 9 requiring, among other things, that all homes built after 2020 be equipped with solar panels. The solar panel requirement focuses on residential buildings, and applies only […]

Editorial: Administrators have overstepped role in USAC election process

UCLA has taken the student out of student government. Usually, the Undergraduate Students Association Council is designed for student power. Students sit in council positions and make decisions for the student body. They sit on the USAC Election Board and determine how best to run elections and sanction those who deviate from the election code. […]

Editorial: Proposed neighborhood council would be welcome change to Westwood

For many years, the words “Westwood” and “forward” hardly seemed appropriate in the same sentence. But with a new neighborhood council, Westwood might actually start moving forward. The Daily Bruin Editorial Board endorses the creation of the North Westwood Neighborhood Council. Westwood Village is in need of a significant jumpstart, and the new neighborhood council […]

Editorial: UCLA lecturer cuts are latest in UC’s mistreatment of employees

UCLA had a stark message for its lecturers last month: you’re expendable, even when you’re needed. The Department of Mathematics announced in April it will change its financial actuarial mathematics program to emphasize the growing role of data science in the field. As part of the overhaul, the department is not rehiring lecturers in the […]

Editorial: Discrimination against LGBTQ community still looms large at UCLA

UCLA wasn’t very welcoming of the LGBTQ community when the school was founded – and that still looks to be the case today. The latest display of discrimination on campus comes in the form of vandalism. A pride flag was moved from the door of the Undergraduate Students Association Council Academic Affairs commissioner’s office Sunday, […]

Editorial: Election board continues to fail in upholding integrity of USAC election

This post was updated on May 9 at 4:04 p.m. This year’s Undergraduate Students Association Council Election Board promised to stand behind equitable and fair elections. All it managed to stand behind, though, was the lectern it used to announce results Friday. Each year, USAC elections test the will of the student body. Amid suspicious campaign […]

Editorial: USAC should shift to a senate system to better represent students

UCLA’s undergraduate student government has a penchant for underrepresenting the student body. This year, 39 candidates from various campus communities are trying their hand at the Undergraduate Students Association Council. By the end of this week, 25 students and their communities will walk away without a seat in their student government to represent them. The […]