Category Archives: Opinion
Submission: UCLA does not endorse violent disruptions to respectful discussions
On May 17, Students Supporting Israel at UCLA sponsored an event titled “Indigenous Peoples Unite.” Protestors entered the room and disrupted the event with enough ferocity that the panelists and audience felt silenced and intimidated. Thankfully, no one was physically hurt. After the disruptors refused the organizer’s invitation to respectfully join the discussion, UCPD escorted […]
Submission: Disqualifying USAC candidates without sufficient evidence would be unethical
Last week, the outgoing Undergraduate Students Association Council voted to table the ratification of the 2018 election results. The council disagreed with my decision to not disqualify three candidates. The USAC Election Board’s ad hoc investigations committee found that two of those candidates had committed voter coercion and one had invaded a voter’s privacy. My […]
Ani Gasparyan: Allowing union grievances would better protect students from sexual harassment
Graduate students make numerous sacrifices for their academic careers. The biggest one: having to put their future on hold so they don’t have to work with academic advisers who sexually harass them. Graduate students within the University of California system who report sexual harassment are given little protection. Prosecuting those found to have committed sexual […]
Are you there, UCLA? It’s me, Mom: UCLA must provide affordable child care to all student parents
Parenting students and faculty on campus are a forgotten constituency. The voices of nursing mothers have been largely ignored by UCLA, heard only by student activist groups. This column series explores the issues these mothers face and the steps UCLA must take to address these unmet needs. Sleep-deprived students with bags under their eyes traipse […]
Scott Bays: Appliance ban not beneficial, Housing should instead spark safety conversations
Despite UCLA Housing’s best efforts, Bruins still have their hands all over them. Administrators can’t stop students from using and sharing them. UCLA thinks they are so dangerous they can even start fires in students’ rooms. I’m talking, of course, about coffee makers, water heaters and microwaves. UCLA Housing’s on-campus housing regulations prohibit students from […]
No Offense, But: Administrators and Veggie Grill
Join Opinion editor Keshav Tadimeti, assistant Opinion editor Abhishek Shetty, News editor Rupan Bharanidaran and senior staffer Liberty Feliciano as they discuss how administrators have been getting involved in the student government elections, and how Veggie Grill has taken the Daily Bruin by storm.