Category Archives: Opinion

Letter to the Editor: UCLA, USC must show respect, sportsmanship in upcoming football game

An Open Letter to the UCLA and USC Communities: The historic rivalry between UCLA and USC is one of the greatest traditions in college football, with enthusiasm building long before the game, which this year will take place Nov. 28 at the Coliseum. Although we wear different colors and root for opposing teams, UCLA and […]

Editorial: UCLA needs to provide transportation options at Geffen Academy

The recent announcement that UCLA will use a $100 million donation from businessman David Geffen to pay for the development of a new secondary education school on campus has been met with both acclaim and derision. The gift has been slammed in the press as an example of “philanthropy at its worst,” a case of […]

Casey Kovarik: UC does not have adequate resources to enroll extra 10,000 students

Janet Napolitano’s plan to enroll an additional 10,000 students at the University of California would expand opportunities for thousands of California residents, but shrink the prospects of those at the school already. For the past few years, the number of applications the University of California receives annually has steadily increased. To meet this growing demand, […]

Letter to the Editor: Posters linking SJP, MSA to terrorist groups are not Islamophobic

The Bruin article about our poster campaign to expose the support provided to Hamas terrorists by Students for Justice in Palestine and the Muslim Student Association at UCLA left some misleading impressions, which I would like to correct. Specifically, an SJP spokesperson was quoted accusing us of “Islamophobia.” In fact, Islam isn’t mentioned in the […]

Submission: UCLA can help snuff out tobacco at Great American Smokeout

Thursday, Nov. 19 is the 40th annual Great American Smokeout, which was started by the California chapter of the American Cancer Society. The Great American Smokeout is an important time to be mindful that tobacco is the leading preventable cause of death in the U.S. and that new tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes and vaping […]

No Offense, But: Reactions to Paris

On Friday, Islamic State group militants attacked several sites in Paris, killing at least 129 people and wounding many others. The tragedy was so jarring that it took Americans nearly two hours before they could even start politicizing it. Many have complained that coverage of the Paris attacks has taken media attention away from a […]