This summer, the stoves weren’t the only hot items in the dining halls. The department was under some serious heat, and now student dining workers are somehow still dealing with the fire. UCLA Dining Services faced criticism after a push for higher student wages revealed that some student employees worked more than 30 hours each […]
Category Archives: Opinion Columns
Arman Sharif: UCLA must be in solidarity with Cal, demand own multicultural center
UC Berkeley student groups have been pushing demands for nearly 30 days for administration to relocate the school’s multicultural center to new facilities. But down in Westwood, this kind of center doesn’t even exist for UCLA. The bridges Multicultural Resource Center was formed to provide resources to underrepresented students of color after Proposition 209 banned […]
Abhishek Shetty: Effective successor key to survival of Bernie Sanders’ movement
In five days, the election season will end – just 597 days after Ted Cruz announced his candidacy. And lest we miss the endless madness, there are only around 2640 days left to go until the 2024 Iowa Caucus – an important one for Democrats. Barring a scenario where Halloween costumes are actually a better […]
Guillaume Kosmala: California voters have a chance to kill the death penalty
We Americans pride ourselves on our uniqueness: We have yet to adopt the metric system, we use Fahrenheit and we even write our dates differently. We also lead the world as one of the only major developed nations without universal healthcare. So it should come as no surprise that we also differentiate ourselves from one […]
Aaron Julian: In order to save itself, the GOP must abandon Reaganism
The GOP is currently in a tailspin, caught between the forces of the radical right, the more moderate establishment and the rapidly changing demographics of the United States. The “alt-right” has taken the party by storm and ushered in its protest candidate, Donald Trump, to the nomination. The rest of the GOP is currently searching for […]
Abhishek Shetty: Poor infrastructure will send new bike share program downhill
Cyclists are one of those rarities on the UCLA campus, like a celebrity sighting. And even if you were to force a fleet of bikes on the student body, this is unlikely to change. Last week, UCLA announced that it would implement a bike sharing program by spring 2017, and that it has already ordered […]
Jonathan Friedland: Measure M provides LA residents opportunity to drive forward
Imagine Bruins riding a connected rail from Westwood to downtown Los Angeles, the San Fernando Valley and LAX by paying just four more cents than for a handle of the finest Prestige Vodka. LA county voters might be able to make that fantasy a reality at the polling places next week by approving Measure M. […]