No Offense is back for yet another week! Chris Campbell, Keshav Tadimeti and Abhishek Shetty kick off this week’s Opinion podcast by discussing the UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center’s predicted financial shortfall and how the center can shore up its business in the coming years. Later, they talk about the science behind why […]
Category Archives: Opinion
Abhishek Shetty: USAC candidates’ sanctuary campus platforms are infeasible
This post was updated on April 25 at 4 p.m. The year is 2018. America is a dumpster fire. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has expanded into an unimaginably large and unchecked network, almost like a secret police. And when the Bruin community needs a hero, undergraduate student government officers emerge, armed with meaningless symbolism. […]
Submission: Students can engage in suicide prevention through advocacy, support
After the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s Out of the Darkness Campus Walk to fight suicide at UCLA on Sunday and Andiver Castellanos’ Daily Bruin column on mental health Monday, it’s more important than ever that students engage mental health and suicide prevention head-on. Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in this country. […]
Andiver Castellanos: UCLA must make online mental health module to increase campus dialogue
UCLA administrators and students have put a lot of emphasis on improving professional mental health resources. But students hold a lot of potential to attack mental health issues head-on. The undergraduate student population of UCLA continues to grow, but the university has not expanded its mental health services to keep up. Students continue to face […]
Sandra Wenceslao: UCLA Dining should switch to reusable straws for zero waste
Students are never really taught how to protect the future of Earth. At least not at the lunch table. But there’s an inconspicuous agent in each person’s drink, one that’s also one of the most unassuming contributors to landfills: straws. While Earth Day has passed, UCLA still has a long road ahead when it comes […]
2016-2017 USAC Officer Evaluations
Each year, the Daily Bruin evaluates each Undergraduate Students Association Council member’s term in office. This year, The Bruin’s editorial board has taken into consideration four major criteria in the evaluations: the quality of the council members’ platforms, platform completion, how well they fulfilled their respective roles beyond their platforms and their commitment to transparency […]
Andrew Kim: Students would benefit from Saturday Shuttle connection to LA Metro
It’s time to hit the brakes and re-evaluate the BruinBus. There is nothing more disheartening than seeing rad Los Angeles events show up on your Facebook feed, only to realize that it’s a $20-to-$50 Uber away. The BruinBus is a shuttle service run by UCLA that provides transportation within campus and the Westwood area. They […]