I always had strong opinions growing up, so when I saw Daily Bruin Opinion was hiring, I thought, “Why not?” When I sauntered into the office for the first time, as a far-too cocky second-year, I was in for a rude awakening. The interview was hard, much harder than I had expected. I was asked […]
Category Archives: Opinion
In my time at The Bruin, I learned to value the story, not the storyteller -30-
Storytellers have a curse: They’re not their stories. I know, it’s ironic. And I could end my final column for the Daily Bruin right there. But that would seem absurd, not just because you’d expect someone who’s edited nearly 40 of these farewell pieces to give you some quality words of wisdom, but also because […]
Automatically donated swipes would benefit food-insecure students
To swipe or not to swipe, that is the question. Bruins may enter the quarter intending to budget their meal plan swipes wisely, but they don’t always succeed. Although some students end the quarter scrounging for a Bruin Plate dinner, others face an opposite problem: a surplus of swipes. Luckily for them, UCLA Dining Services […]
As it strays further from its roots, a UC education is a dream deferred
Langston Hughes had it right: A dream deferred sags like a heavy load. Then, it snaps like a twig. Someone better find some super glue for the more-than-238,000 students of the University of California. Indeed a UC education is a college dream deferred. The education system meant to empower hundreds of thousands of Californians has […]
Editorial: Pregnancy discrimination looms large at UCLA, forces women out of academia
UCLA has given birth to yet another inequity on campus: pregnancy discrimination. Two years ago, Sandra Koch, then a neurobiology doctorate student, filed a pregnancy discrimination complaint against the university. Koch claimed her faculty advisor fired her from her postdoctoral scholar position after she told him she was pregnant. This is obviously illegal. But you’d […]
Editorial: Administration’s opaque communication with media threatens transparency
Transparency isn’t a strong point for UCLA. In fact, it’s a sore one. For the second time in the past six quarters, Chancellor Gene Block bailed on his quarterly tradition of meeting with the Daily Bruin Editorial Board – essentially the only time he talks to reporters about the issues plaguing this campus. Those 60 […]
Students should be more involved in progress of reports they file to EDI office
When students report discrimination, the last thing they need is to anxiously wait for a response from the office meant to handle it. That seems to be the norm at UCLA, though. A guest lecturer from San Fransisco State University gave a guest lecture on Islamophobia and expressed her anti-Zionist views in an anthropology course […]