Dear Chancellor Gene Block, We appreciate the email that you sent out in response to the recent events surrounding the death of Freddie Gray and the incendiary stickers that were posted around campus in response. We understand that you have a great responsibility as chancellor of an internationally renowned university to be the voice of […]
Category Archives: Opinion
Editorial: UCLA Faculty Center election fails to follow democratic process
The UCLA Faculty Center finishes its annual Board of Governors election this month. However, given the fact that the center has decided not to allow anyone to oppose the incumbents for the top executive positions, this board has felt compelled to ask: Why call this an election at all? In order to force this consistency, […]
Yiwei Sun: Task force should prioritize educating students on food security
Having been able to afford three meals a day, I never imagined myself to be food insecure. However, not starving is not equivalent to being food secure. When I am happily eating instant noodles, I am subconsciously subjecting myself to malnutrition, which is also a culprit of food insecurity. Food insecurity may affect a larger […]
Chloe Lew: LA City Council must follow through on promise to repair sidewalks
Our city’s sidewalks are crumbling, and with them, my faith in the Los Angeles City Council. More than 40 years after it said it would repair our buckled, tree-damaged sidewalks, and almost two months after it agreed in an Americans with Disabilities Act case to spend $1.4 billion to fix them, the city is now […]
Submission: Health risks of hookah should be recognized due to its popularity
While it is widely known that exposure to cigarette smoke is the leading preventable cause of death worldwide, current trends reveal that cigarette smoking rates among the youth are at their lowest in 22 years. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns that this drop is being offset by increases in other forms of […]
Editorial: ASUCLA’s Board of Directors should not waste resources on new staircase
At its meeting Friday, the Associated Students UCLA Board of Directors could allocate a hefty sum of student fees to a wasteful and ultimately unnecessary renovation to an Ackerman Union staircase. Additionally, the association’s five-year plan will not be finalized until the day of the meeting, preventing any meaningful student body input on the board’s […]
Arthur Wang: TED talks must encourage discussion to avoid uncritical thinking
Everybody seems to love TED. The conference and its talks – in which topics such as innovation, creativity and learning are frequently discussed – have become well-regarded fountains of popular intellect. Yet not even the feel-good, do-good style of TED talks is above criticism. Criticism of TED, in fact, is nothing new. It’s been called […]