UCLA is planning to add 750 more students for the upcoming school year, and how it accommodates them is going to become increasingly important. Vice Chancellor Steve Olsen said to mitigate the addition of incoming students, one of the upcoming priorities of the university is “to improve the quality and the number of seats in […]
Category Archives: Editorials
Editorial: UCLA should offer severance package to Piterberg to protect community
The Daily Bruin editorial board calls on UCLA to ensure history professor Gabriel Piterberg does not return to his position. Piterberg has been the subject of multiple sexual harassment complaints from graduate students within his department. Yet, instead of taking appropriate disciplinary action against him, UCLA administrators quietly drafted a settlement and put the case […]
Editorial: UCLA must offer free shuttle to nearest Expo Line stop
In two-and-a-half months, a light-rail line is coming to Westwood, but some extraordinarily small barriers might still keep many students from using the resource. The closest stop on the new Expo Line will open on May 20 near Westside Pavilion, less than a 10-minute drive from UCLA. Though this might not seem far, it could […]
Editorial: UCLA must earn back trust with union following Luskin Center conflict
The editorial has been updated on Monday, Feb. 29 at 3 p.m. Protesters Thursday demanded the University of California employ union members at the almost-completed UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center, claiming UCLA promised to unionize the jobs, but have yet to formally agree. Regardless, it’s evident its track record with union negotiations and […]
Editorial: Mandatory reporting of sexual assault from employees harms survivors
In an email sent out to students Monday, UCLA Chancellor Gene Block announced an update to the systemwide policy that governs the UC’s response to incidents and allegations of sexual violence and sexual harassment. The email highlighted a small but critical shift in the responsibility of campus employees within the University’s investigatory process that prioritizes […]
Editorial: Bloc voting solution brings greater threat of lower voter turnout
Reforms to the undergraduate student government elections seem to be headed in the wrong direction more than two months before they’re set to begin. Some members of the Undergraduate Students Association Council and its Election Board discussed bloc voting, among other things, at their meeting Wednesday and tried to come up with ways to combat […]
Editorial: LED streetlights will lighten safety concerns in North Village
After years of allowing Westwood residents’ safety to be compromised, it seems the city of Los Angeles has finally seen the light. At the Feb. 10 meeting of the Westwood Neighborhood Council, City of Los Angeles Bureau of Street Services said it has agreed to fund a program that will bring new LED streetlights to […]