“Everyone should get a bigger piece of the pie. Who doesn’t love pie? Who doesn’t love America?” The line came from none other than Donald Trump – or at least an actor portraying the cantankerous mogul, along with other students portraying Marco Rubio, Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina at a mock […]
Category Archives: Opinion
Submission: Offensive posters resort to fear-mongering, do not reflect SJP’s mission
Two weeks ago, slanderous posters appeared down BruinWalk depicting the work of Students for Justice in Palestine as connected with terrorist organizations. This example of hate speech is not a new occurrence, but rather a continuation of a long slew of attacks levied against SJP and other organizations that try to raise awareness about the […]
Submission: Bruin columnist, SJP used selectively leaked information to accuse GSA
Aram Ghoogasian’s unfair and inaccurate portrayal of the Graduate Students Association, along with Students for Justice in Palestine’s usage of uncharitable tactics to express concerns with our funding of a Diversity Caucus Town Hall, leave us very worried about the level and style of political discourse at UCLA. It is important to clarify what actually […]
Jasmine Aquino: UCLA Housing should create student committee for input on its projects
The Hill seems to have it all: a newly renovated Saxon Suites beaming with high-quality glazed windows and an expensive barbecue area, a new 14,000-square-foot Bruin Fitness Center that features an extravagant design and all new equipment for undergraduate students, and even free HBO. And next year, the Hill will gloat a refurbished Hedrick Study, […]
Submission: USAC EVP aims to use student power to cause, enforce change
I first came into this office with the promise of consolidating and leveraging student power to better our lives. I said that we must build a bridge with University of California President Janet Napolitano and the governor’s office. Many said it could not be done. I said that we must use our resources to directly […]
Aram Ghoogasian: Graduate Students Association President Milan Chatterjee should resign
Reports of free speech’s death on our campus are often exaggerated. But now that the UCLA graduate student government has violated the First Amendment in its attempt to silence student activists, such claims carry a bit more weight. At the center of it all is a chain of emails sent by Graduate Students Association President […]
Submission: USAC bylaw changes could erase history, silence students of color
As a first-year African-American transfer student here at UCLA, I thought I would walk into a welcoming environment where my voice and activism would be respected given my position of marginalization. Instead, I experienced many instances of racism and microaggression. For example, the “Kanye Western-themed” party during Black Bruin Welcome Week. I did not think […]