Summer is coming, and many students are thinking about final assignments, projects, internships and making summer plans. But for some students, summer means the end of stable housing and beginning the search for new housing options. Many will be forced into the competitive and costly rental market. Students may be surprised to find themselves couch […]
Category Archives: Opinion
Gael Adrien Mbama: Student organizations need city funding to tackle homelessness
Everybody knows Los Angeles has a homelessness problem. To be clear, homelessness is a complicated, multidimensional problem with no single solution, but LA city and county officials have a well-publicized $737 million plan to tackle it. This massive investment will go toward health and rehabiilitation services, among other initiatives, in order to help break the […]
Submission: UCLA community must learn from errors, move forward with respect
Last week, a photograph of a UCLA undergraduate making a gang sign went viral. There is much we as administration don’t know about its context, including whether the photo was taken on campus. What we do know is that the student was the former USAC president, and that he is white. The gang sign, by […]
Editorial: Public input is key in selection of Westwood farmers market manager
When you think of farmers markets, you think local, transparently sourced produce. But the decisions steering the future of Westwood’s nearly decade-old farmers market are anything but transparent. In about a month, the Westwood Village Improvement Association’s contract with its current farmers market manager ends, and the association will look to replace Emmanuel Bautista, who […]
Submission: We should look past resentment, work toward reconciliation
Our university is supposed to provide an environment for personal discovery, rigorous questioning and intellectual development. At least that’s what I was told when I arrived. Yet with just weeks to go before I graduate, I find myself asking a simple question: What just happened? Let me acknowledge that a photo taken of me a […]
Scott Bays: UCLA’s definition of harassment must align with that of California
Victims of harassment seeking justice from the university may want to look elsewhere. Unless their treatment was so severe it prevented them from accessing university resources, UCLA doesn’t think it counts as harassment. The UCLA Student Conduct Code defines harassment as “conduct that is so severe and/or pervasive, and objectively offensive, and that so substantially […]
Selby Kia: UCLA should partner with corporations to provide student internships
The coming of spring brings more than blooming flowers and looming graduation dates. Spring means internship season – the daunting process of Bruins finding, applying and narrowing down how they will spend their summer. Many students visit the UCLA Career Center or attend a Hire UCLA Fair looking for internships but get overwhelmed with seemingly […]