We may never know what a Westwood Boulevard bike lane would look like if we give in to speculation prematurely. Safety has been the number one issue in the prolonged Westwood bike lane debate. Cyclists often use the street because it is the most direct route to UCLA and think a bike lane would make […]
Category Archives: Opinion
Submission: Two sides to Israeli-Palestinian conflict, both merit reflection
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a polarizing issue that many UCLA students are familiar with, whether they hold a direct stake in it or not. Certain communities and groups on campus have cut ties as a result of hostile rhetoric, with each side speaking in terms that reflect their inherent biases and failing to acknowledge the […]
Abhishek Shetty: UCLA must do more to prepare students for the threat of earthquakes
“Locked, loaded and ready to roll.” When a seismologist speaking about a fault line has to take on his alter persona of a cowboy about to shoot from the hip, it might be best to pay more attention. That was how Thomas H. Jordan, director of the Southern California Earthquake Center described the San Andreas […]
Keshav Tadimeti: Hurtful, discriminatory comments should not be defended as free speech
I was sitting at Union Station at 6:30 in the morning, waiting for my train to arrive at the platform. Although I was busy reading on my phone, I noticed a man take a seat beside me. Suddenly, he turned and asked: “Are you building a bomb? Are you going to blow this place up?” […]
Submission: Palestinian ethnic cleansing from Israel is ongoing, must be stopped
For us Palestinians, May 15 is a date of irreversible loss. It marks the start of when our relatives and our people were driven from their homes during Israel’s 1947-1949 campaign of ethnic cleansing, never to return. Many of them carried the keys to the homes that they were forced to leave, thinking that they […]
Arman Sharif: Transphobic speech highlights need for education on gender issues
The now-infamous photo depicting three members of Bruin Republicans’ leadership smiling and clutching unapologetically transphobic signs has made viral rounds on the internet. These students’ words are reprehensible hate speech: “Get your agenda out of my restroom,” “There are only two genders” and “Transgenderism is a mental disorder.” They did damage that affects an already […]
Editorial: Funding for undocumented immigrants needs more permanent solution
Last Wednesday, University of California President Janet Napolitano promised $8.4 million in annual funding to support undocumented students through 2019. The money is an extension of the $5 million Napolitano dedicated for undocumented UC students when she came into office in 2013. The funding was set to expire in June, but new annual funds will […]