The graduate student government’s election for its executive cabinet will continue until Tuesday. The Daily Bruin Editorial Board interviewed each of the five candidates and evaluated their platforms for the coming year. This board endorses Eric Hu as vice president of internal affairs for his extensive experience advocating for graduate student issues at both a […]
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2018 GSA candidate endorsement: Michelle Ellis Viorato for vice president of external affairs
The graduate student government’s election for its executive cabinet will continue until Tuesday. The Daily Bruin Editorial Board interviewed each of the five candidates and evaluated their platforms for the coming year. This board endorses Michelle Ellis Viorato for vice president of external affairs because of her experience fighting for graduate students’ needs and her […]
2018 GSA candidate endorsement: Ashley Wright for vice president of academic affairs
The graduate student government’s election for its executive cabinet will continue until Tuesday. The Daily Bruin Editorial Board interviewed each of the five candidates and evaluated their platforms for the coming year. The board endorses Ashley Wright as the next vice president of academic affairs for her enthusiasm to improve upon the work of the […]
Letter to the Editor: Lack of respect for nontenured faculty harms education quality
Dear Editors, We contingent faculty are always happy when students are curious about how the university works and interested in analyzing the power structures that affect them. Austin Pink, in his recent opinion column titled “Reliance on nontenured faculty harms teaching environment, education quality,” gets a lot of things right about the challenges UCLA lecturers […]
Omar Said: UCLA must hire diverse faculty for minority students to succeed
There weren’t many people for me to look up to when I grew up. Born and raised an Egyptian in California, I obviously had my parents, but I never really saw someone like me doing big things in science, politics or entertainment. It felt like I was living in a world that wasn’t built for […]
Submission: Advocating for equal Palestinian rights does not equal anti-Semitism
I usually refrain from using public mediums to critique Zionism – a nationalist political ideology that calls for the establishment and protection of a Jewish nation-state. Even though Israel’s policies are shaped by ethnonationalism, I find it more important to educate the campus community about Palestinian human rights. But when I read last month’s submission […]
Sam Smoot: Confusing labels waste introduction of sustainable takeout materials
Takeout is great. The only problem is what you do once it’s taken out. Takeout options offered by UCLA Dining Services allow students to eat on the go when other options are unavailable. Popular locations, such as Rendezvous and The Study at Hedrick, however, produce a notable amount of waste because of their use of […]