Both Brexit and Donald Trump are examples of a gross misunderstanding of the neoliberal, globalized world we live in, and they will only make things worse for the common man. Brexit, or the British exit from European Union, is emblematic of an anti-establishment trend whose American counterpart is led by presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald […]
Category Archives: Opinion Columns
Arman Sharif: Checking ourselves before scapegoating others in post-Orlando America
The Bruin community was under national spotlight three weeks ago as we tried to heal from a lockdown and murder-suicide on our campus. Gun violence had officially come to our home, and we lamented becoming the 186th school shooting since Sandy Hook in 2012. Wracked with fear, we attempted to move onward from the senseless […]
Guillaume Kosmala: Social justice warriors fuel Trump, discredit left-leaning politics
Our campus is a snapshot of the future of this nation’s politics, and the tactics that may be employed by social justice warriors over the next decade were on full display at Tuesday’s protest against the event “Feminism is Cancer.” Bruin Republicans hosted Milo Yiannopoulos, technology editor for the conservative news and opinion website Breitbart.com, […]
Abhishek Shetty: Kang must reach more students if he wants to improve campus equity
If Vice Chancellor Jerry Kang was a presidential candidate, he would be John Kasich. They’re both voices of relative sanity among the politically divisive and unconstructive noise around them that we should all make an attempt to listen to, regardless of our own views. But one difference between the two is that you know far […]
Jasmine Aquino: Perpetrators of sexual assault require more than suspension
Consequences for sexual assault incidents within the University of California have been as silent as my attacker was when I said “Never mind, I don’t want to do this. Stop.” If I have learned anything in this last year at UCLA, it is that sexual assault is still prevalent within the UCLA community. The University’s […]
Kristina Iliopoulos: UCLA needs dead days to combat students’ quarter-system stress
There are a few things I love about UCLA. As a South Campus student, I thoroughly enjoy the even spread of midterms every other week. It adds a sort of consistency to my life, and has gained me a permanent seat in Powell Library. I put “Sorry, I can’t. Midterms,” as an automated text response, […]
Aaron Julian: Free speech necessary to shape, change the world
A law prohibiting people to speak hateful and hurtful things being implemented sounds like a dream come true. This idea has been discussed around college campuses, in articles here and even in speeches from President Barack Obama. And yes, it’s a noble idea, but it’s unachievable. Setting limits to free speech in everyday life presents […]