‘Tis the season – the season for catchy hey-ho hey-ho protest chants. After six years of tuition-frozen bliss, things are about to thaw at the University of California. A planned systemwide hike will go into effect for the 2017-2018 school year. Protests have already begun at UC San Diego and the Regents meeting at UC […]
Category Archives: Opinion
Jasmine Aquino: You can’t reject those with whom you disagree
I came out as bisexual to more than 43,300 people last year in a Daily Bruin column. But my parents weren’t among them. It may be 2016, but it can still be risky for someone to publicly identify as LGBTQ, undocumented or as part of any other marginalized group. And the holidays may be especially […]
Editorial Cartoon: Don’t shoot
Aaron Julian: Democrats should focus on practical liberalism, not destructive protests
I was raised in a white, working-class rural American town that voted for Donald Trump this year. Urban liberals lack understanding of places like my home, and tend to write them off as uneducated or backwards. My town and countless others across the country proved this month why this attitude is so misguided and has […]
Chris Campbell: LA must preserve status as sanctuary city for undocumented residents
This post was updated Nov. 22 at 12:45 p.m. Now that we’ve handed Donald Trump the reins to run the most powerful nation on Earth, he’s spent his time pretty much the only way he knows how to: tweeting about the most pressing issue of the day, the musical “Hamilton.” But while he whines about the […]
Editorial Cartoon: In their image
Guillaume Kosmala: UCLA administration lacks coordination on sustainability projects
While the UCLA community voted overwhelmingly Democratic, 62 million U.S. citizens voted for a president who claims climate change is a hoax created by the Chinese. Now more than ever, local progressive leaders of environmental sustainability need to take bold steps, and it is frustrating to see that the UCLA administration, which needs to be […]