Instead of blindly accepting what UCLA dining halls are feeding us, UCLA students should start asking questions about where their food is coming from. Whole Foods Market, Walmart and even McDonald’s have launched programs that educate the public about the value of responsibly grown food. Whole Foods’ program, Responsibly Grown, provides information for consumers about […]
Category Archives: Opinion
Chloe Lew: University police necessary to solve campus-specific issues
Past faculty member and Senior Associate Dean of Student Affairs Emeritus Berky Nelson has a perception of the Los Angeles Police Department that is tainted by the 44-year-old memory of blood in a Campbell Hall stairwell. In the aftermath of the 1970 Kent State University shootings, police officers from LAPD were called to the UCLA […]
Editorial: Faculty should vote on new diversity course requirement
Starting Friday, the faculty of the College of Letters and Science will have the chance to vote for a diversity course requirement for its undergraduates for the fourth time in more than 25 years. In the past, only small fractions – around 20 and 30 percent of faculty – have voted. Those faculty who did […]
Submission: College Diversity Initiative would promote unbiased thinking
My first reaction when I heard about the new College Diversity Initiative was, “What? What could possibly be the point of another vote when we just had one in 2012 and that proposal was defeated, although, sadly, just 29 percent of eligible faculty voted two years ago?” I thought I understood some of the arguments […]
Submission: Lack of USAC knowledge should not disqualify worthy candidate
Around week one, a transfer student asked me why I was running for transfer representative without much USAC experience. I answered that learning and understanding are two different concepts. Learning is based on fleeting memorization, while understanding is grounded in skill and aptitude, which I have. I don’t know every USAC office name or elected […]
Submission: Two transfer students on USAC make for better representation
We, Negeen Sadeghi-Movahed and Sofia Moreno Haq, have decided to join forces and become running mates in this fall special election. Our experiences at UCLA have been similar. We are two Muslim women of color who have dealt with the transfer process and the culture shift of coming from community colleges to this large institution. […]
Submission: Student regents encourage diversity
Editor’s Note: This submission has previously appeared in The Aggie and The Highlander. It has been edited for Daily Bruin style and reprinted below. As classes resume and we return to campus, reminders of the diversity of our student body are all around us. Some students have arrived freshly inspired by the beauty and culture […]