The post-party nighttime trek from the apartments to Hilgard Avenue is treacherous. It’s cold, difficult to navigate in heels and kind of scary. Safe Rides, a service offered by Cru, an on-campus Christian organization, aims to eliminate the harrowing journey for homeward-bound women on Thursday nights. But while the leaders in Cru who oversee and […]
Category Archives: Opinion
Editorial: Chancellor Block’s campus commentary needs consistency
At best, Chancellor Gene Block’s campuswide email commenting on incidents surrounding this year’s student government election represents a puzzling divergence from his usual course of action on these issues. At worst, it is both highly polarizing and a detriment to an already-ailing campus climate. The email, sent on May 16, spoke on the recent controversy […]
Submission: Socioeconomic inequality facing Latino community must be bridged
It’s official: The topic of “income equality” is in vogue. From researchers to cable talk-show hosts, from policymakers to civic leaders, it seems like everyone is talking about the economic disparities between the affluent and the low-to-middle income earners in the United States. In fact, recently, the popular book “Fifty Shades of Grey,” by the […]
Ryan Nelson: Benefits of hiring undergrad TAs outweigh costs
In physics, it’s understood that for every force acting on an object, that object is sending back a force of equal and opposite magnitude. But if you ask Joseph Rudnick, the dean of the UCLA Division of Physical Sciences and a professor of physics himself, this property of motion can apply to other areas as […]
Aram Ghoogasian: Appointment process needs balance
The system of checks and balances is a concept we’re taught in middle school and yet our student government doesn’t seem to have a firm grasp on what it really means. As it stands, the president of the Undergraduate Students Association Council has almost absolute power to make about 70 appointments to several campus committees […]
Submission: Research enriches UCLA undergrad experience
As one of the world’s finest public research universities, UCLA provides a rich and fulfilling context for undergraduates to conduct research. Inquiry, creativity, investigation and discovery are at the heart of UCLA’s threefold mission of service, teaching and research. We start pitching research opportunities at UCLA from the moment students are admitted, through Bruin Day […]
Zoey Freedman: Installing condom vending machines would promote student health
Buying contraception should be as convenient as buying a late night snack. Universities across the country say they want to promote healthy living and safe sex among their students, yet many of them do not have birth control readily available for students. As a response to this issue, some schools have started putting forms of […]