The California marijuana market has been set ablaze. Too bad students will only get a whiff of it. Proposition 64, passed in November 2016, legalized recreational marijuana for adults over the age of 21, effectively allowing the state to reap billions of dollars in potential revenue. It also created a tremendous new demand for labor. […]
Category Archives: Opinion
In a modern Westwood, neighborhood opposition to The Agora relies on flawed logic
This town isn’t big enough for all of us. But that hasn’t stopped the members of Little Holmby in their fight against commonsense housing density – and also common sense. Two physicians recently announced a plan to build a 16-story residential building, known as The Agora, on Hilgard Avenue, on the east side of UCLA. […]
Op-ed: I once was endorsed to be the Daily Bruin’s editor in chief. I agree with staffers’ concerns.
For the past eight years, I have worked in big newsrooms like the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times, and have learned a thing or two about office politics. But the worst, most politically fraught period of my life remains the three months I campaigned to be editor of the Daily Bruin. And […]
Op-ed: AFSCME to go on strike to protest alleged worker intimidation, free speech issues
Over the last year, University of California workers have gone on strike three different times. These disruptions have been precipitated in part by the University’s failure to negotiate fair contracts with the workers who make our state’s third-largest employer run every day. But rather than addressing the eroding economic opportunities at the University, it has […]
Letter to our readers: Why Daily Bruin staffers are going on strike
To the Associated Students UCLA Communications Board, Jacob Preal, Abigail Goldman, Doria Deen and the readers of the Daily Bruin, We, the undersigned, are writing to express dissent and disappointment with the ASUCLA Communications Board’s vote to appoint an editor in chief against the staff’s recommendation. At the start of spring quarter, the Daily Bruin […]
Letter to the editor: Communications Board defends deliberation and decision of next editor in chief
To the undersigned members of UCLA student media, Thank you for the open letter we received regarding your concern over the appointment of the editor in chief for the Daily Bruin for the 2019-2020 academic year. We appreciate your continued commitment to student media and recognize the tremendous positive impact of all our writers and […]
2019 GSA candidate endorsement: Shrinidhi Balasubramanian for vice president of academic affairs
Graduate students are at the heart of UCLA’s academics. That’s worryingly easy to forget – something graduate students themselves might forget given the university’s treatment of them. Luckily, the soon-to-be Graduate Students Association vice president of academic affairs wants to challenge that. The board endorses Shrinidhi Balasubramanian as the next vice president of academic affairs […]