On Nov. 19, 2015, Students for Justice in Palestine leaders sent me an email requesting documentation. Because they’ve retained attorneys and filed a legal letter with the chancellor, I followed protocol and referred them to UCLA’s legal department. After SJP followed up with administrators on this matter, they released a blog post, making a baseless […]
Category Archives: Opinion
Letter to the Editor: SJP should have brought concerns to GSA instead of acquiring lawyers
The Graduate Student Association does not have a dedicated funding body for events. When the Diversity Caucus requested GSA funding for their town hall with Vice Chancellor Jerry Kang, GSA’s cabinet made an exception and provided ad-hoc funding from surplus funds. Out of respect to all Bruins, GSA sought to avoid the potentially divisive and […]
Editorial: UC should implement limits to executive pay
The idea of a public university in California is groaning under the weight of increased tuition and excess administrative costs, straining confidence in the prospect of an institution dedicated to public service instead of profits for its employees. Last week, in an attempt to address those concerns and stave off a possible faculty strike for […]
Submission: GSA must revoke policies that bar group funding based on viewpoints
It has recently been reported that the Graduate Student Association has adopted a policy to deny student funding to groups that endorse or are even connected to campaigns in support of divestment from companies that violate Palestinian human rights. In an official email sent to organizers of the Diversity Caucus, GSA President Milan Chatterjee declared […]
Submission: Arab-American Bruins must defeat apathy, advocate at national level
One of the most disappointing moments for Arab-Americans at UCLA occurred when I asked a room of 15 UCLA Arab and Arab-interest students about going to Harvard Arab Weekend, or HAW – the largest pan-Arab conference in the Western Hemisphere, as a UCLA delegation (with airfare and other fees almost fully covered). I received four […]
Letter to the Editor: Bruins must evaluate political discourse with care, compassion
In a letter to the editor in Wednesday’s issue of the Daily Bruin, David Horowitz followed up his inflammatory posters with gross accusations about two UCLA student groups, Students for Justice in Palestine and the Muslim Student Association. As an outsider to our campus, perhaps Mr. Horowitz can resort to fear-mongering and allusions to ethnic […]
Julia McCarthy: EVP’s efforts lobbying against Safe Campus Act lack student involvement
How many UCLA students does it take to change a lightbulb? About the same number of students that the Undergraduate Students Association Council external vice president spoke with before taking a lobbying trip to Washington, D.C., this past week. Hint: It’s not that many. The point of the trip was to lobby against the Safe […]