At UCLA, we endeavor to teach you – our students – the knowledge and skills that you will need to contribute to a better world. For many of you, the experience on campus is not complete without playing a deep role in transformational research. But in addition to your contributions to scientific exploration, we encourage […]
Category Archives: Opinion
Submission: Bruin Diversity Referendum’s popularity signifies future success
Advocating for diversity-related initiatives has historically been a quiet yet daunting task in higher education. Even more challenging is the process of aligning different campaigns for a larger diversity movement. Nonetheless, 2014 has marked an unprecedented shift in the legitimization of diversity-related issues at UCLA, particularly due to students refusing to be silent. We […]
Editorial: Administration must adopt clearer discrimination reporting procedure
In the year since the release of the Moreno Report, which revealed that UCLA has insufficient procedures to address discrimination among faculty, the university has been too slow in implementing vital elements of the report’s recommendations. In order to demonstrate its commitment to tackling the vital problem of faculty discrimination, UCLA administration must move faster […]
USAC Special Election Podcast Part 3: Looking Ahead
Assistant Radio Editor Chris Campbell is joined by Opinion Editor Natalie Delgadillo and USAC Opinion Columnist Aram Ghoogasian to wrap up coverage of the USAC special election.
Natalie Delgadillo: Independent candidates’ slate affiliations still apparent
After student government election results were announced Friday, The Daily Bruin tweeted that there was now an independent plurality on council – six councilmembers that had no affiliation with any slate. Technically, that is true. Every candidate that ran for the two open positions in this fall’s special election ran as an “independent,” ostensibly unaffiliated […]
Aram Ghoogasian: Election Board should reevaluate voter turnout strategies
The special election included five candidates, two referendums and one constitutional amendment. But the only number anyone is talking about is 13.6. The turnout for this election was never expected to be particularly high, but the numbers were abysmally low at a rate of 13.6 percent. Other than just looking bad for our campus, the […]
Submission: UCLA’s privatization pushes operation costs onto students
UC President Janet Napolitano made it clear this April that the UC system was turning its attention toward more private sources of revenue and partnerships with private industry to offset the lack of state funds. The University experienced state cuts in education in 2008-09 and 2011-12. The University acted upon its plans to expand investment […]