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. As the sounds of labor strikes this week […]
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Tabatha Lewis: Student missions do more to boost resumes than public health
This post was updated on May 18 at 5:20 p.m. You probably follow one or two people on Instagram who have posted pictures of themselves dressed in scrubs and holding a child from a different country. Maybe they posted a caption about what a rewarding experience it was to work with underprivileged children and how […]
Austin Pink: USAC must increase year-round visibility to address low voter turnout
There’s been a lot of noise about campus politics the last few days, perhaps to compensate for the thundering silence from voters last week. Voter turnout in this year’s Undergraduate Students Association Council election was a whimpering 26.5 percent, the lowest it’s been in the past 10 years. It’s gotten so bad, some candidates have […]
William Bleveans: Bella Martin’s USAC victory should be revoked to uphold election code
Unfortunately for politics-weary students, the high drama that characterized last week’s student government elections is unlikely to abate anytime soon. The results of this year’s Undergraduate Students Association Council elections left many students in disbelief. Bella Martin, a candidate for general representative, won a council seat despite revelations that she had committed a serious violation […]
Editorial: Discrimination against LGBTQ community still looms large at UCLA
UCLA wasn’t very welcoming of the LGBTQ community when the school was founded – and that still looks to be the case today. The latest display of discrimination on campus comes in the form of vandalism. A pride flag was moved from the door of the Undergraduate Students Association Council Academic Affairs commissioner’s office Sunday, […]
Ani Gasparyan: UCLA departments should refrain from using Eurocentric terms like ‘Middle East’
The “Middle East” is ever-present in the news. We hear it in mainstream media. Our elected representatives toss the phrase around. Universities even use the phrase when naming their academic departments. There’s just one question: middle east of what? The countries that are included in the region have alternated throughout history and continue to change […]
No Offense, But: USAC 2018 election
No Offense is back to break down what’s a topic on many students’ minds: the Undergraduate Students Association Council 2018 election. Join Opinion editor Keshav Tadimeti, assistant Opinion editor Abhishek Shetty, senior staffer Liberty Feliciano, News editor Rupan Bharanidaran and campus politics editor Anny Kim as they analyze this year’s student government election.