Marijuana may be legal in California, but depending on your luck, UCLA could fire you for using or even just possessing it. Earlier this year, California made it legal for adults age 21 or over to use and possess marijuana in the state, following the passage of Proposition 64 in 2016. Under the proposition, adults […]
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Emily Merz: UCLA Housing should support students instead of catering to residents
UCLA’s administration revealed grandiose plans last year in light of enrollment increases: It would add three new residence halls and two new apartment complexes in Westwood by 2021. UCLA proposed a dorm building on the intersection of Le Conte, Gayley and Levering avenues that was supposed to be an ambitious 20 stories. Then the Westwood […]
Mariah Furtek: BPool would be safe alternative to ride sharing
You’ve just packed an overnight bag and you’re standing in your dorm at 9:30 p.m. on a Friday night, about to walk to Westwood and get into a stranger’s car. Your phone buzzes ominously, a text from an unknown number jolting you out of a daydream. … “Let’s meet behind the Chevron, I’ll be in […]
Clea Wurster: Proposed housing bill should include language to prevent gentrification
No one understands the housing crisis in California better than Angelenos looking for reasonable rent. Californians are constantly on the lookout for a better solution and state Sen. Scott Wiener thinks he’s found it in Senate Bill 827. The bill would place a check on local regulatory powers on specific housing “hot spots” in transit-rich […]
Cade Mallett: Mainstream political student groups ignore third-party perspectives
Barely a third of Americans think that two political parties are enough to represent the American people. But if the Bruin Republicans and Bruin Democrats say they’re enough, well, that’s good enough for UCLA. The 2016 Presidential election saw 8 percent of voters aged 18 to 29 vote for third-party or independent candidates, even though […]
Opinion editors: Beverly Hills Unified’s incessant lawsuits are at Angelenos’ expense
The Beverly Hills Unified School District is like an irascible, entitled toddler: If it doesn’t get what it wants, it resorts to petulance to make its voice heard. BHUSD filed a lawsuit late January against the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority for its Purple Line Extension project that would run a subway from Koreatown […]
Engineering school should use student feedback to provide useful advising
There are some memories of their first year at UCLA that engineering students do not forget: the first caffeine and sports drink-fueled all-nighter, the first unabashed chant of “Cs get degrees!,” the first time they get lost in South Campus, and so on. Their first faculty advising meeting, however, does not usually make the list. […]