Voters across the nation elected Donald Trump to the presidency Tuesday, along with a Republican-controlled Senate and House of Representatives. This government looks bleak for many, but we cannot let the results disillusion us from the American dream. The UCLA community, which voted heavily for Hillary Clinton according to the Daily Bruin’s exit polling, turned […]
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Editorial Cartoon: Trump wins
Submission: Technology to blame for unsatisfactory election season
It’s an election year – one that was literally impossible not to notice. All voters, no matter if they were the first-time voter or the grandpa whose first vote was for Harry Truman, felt the same: This was not a typical election. And perhaps for the first time, politicians were not lying when they said, […]
Aaron Julian: Prison system and society’s view of inmates need reform
We all laugh at wealthy, white college students breaking the law in obscene ways – think movies like “Animal House” and “Neighbors,” with scenes of underage drunken antics, hazing, abuse of illegal drugs and sex offenses. But when it comes to how we treat different demographics actually convicted of these crimes, we deplore them. Two […]