It’s 9 a.m., and the professor begins class promptly. Papers ruffle, and the professor’s voice is heard amidst a chorus of coughs, sneezes and sniffles. It’s flu season, and for a campus as large as UCLA, that means sick students – and a lot of them. The good news is the Arthur Ashe Student Health […]
Category Archives: Opinion
Letter to the Editor: Flyers targeting SJP do not represent values of Jewish Bruins
To the members of our UCLA Community, We, the undersigned, represent a diverse cross-section of Jewish leadership, identities and experiences across this campus. It has been brought to our attention that on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016, the David Horowitz Freedom Center posted flyers around our campus targeting members of Students for Justice in Palestine, UCLA […]
Editorial: Greek life must do more to address racism
Scandals and their impact on the campus community should outlive the news cycle. Last October, members of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and Alpha Phi sorority dressed in baggy clothes, plumped lips and padded bottoms for a “Kanye Western”-themed raid. Pictures circulated around social media, leading students to gather to protest the racially insensitive outfits. […]
Arman Sharif: Creating a common funding application would help UCLA student groups
SOOF, CPC, CAC, PAB, ASUCLA, USA, SGA, GSA, SWC and even TGIF. As two-year director of an on-campus youth mentorship organization, I still find myself lost in the sea of UCLA funding acronyms. Parsing through different UCLA funds and fund-granting committees is a daunting step – whenever I need to apply for large annual allocations […]
Blake Deal: Los Angeles voters must seek balanced approach to development
Los Angeles citizens will soon come to blows over whether or not they choose to restrict residential development near one of Hollywood’s most historical sites. In March, the Los Angeles City Council approved Sonny Kahn’s Miami-based skyscraper firm Crescent Heights’ plan to build two residential towers, called the Palladium Residences. Their name comes from the […]
Submission: SJP unfazed by hate posters, will continue to educate students
The David Horowitz Freedom Center plastered derogatory posters on and around campus Oct. 5 in an attempt to suppress student activism for Palestinian human rights and scare potential supporters. The posters implicated Students for Justice in Palestine as a pro-terrorist, anti-Jewish organization that acts as a recruiting tool for future terrorists in the Middle East. […]
Arthur Wang: Next UC chancellor selection process should account for student input
The search is on for fresh leadership at two University of California campuses, but what some hope to be a shake-up will probably be one of those tiny temblors that everyone sleeps through. Chancellors Nicholas Dirks of Berkeley and Linda Katehi of Davis both announced their resignations in surprisingly similar circumstances in August, in light […]