On Monday, LA 2024, the local Olympic bid committee, named UCLA as the site of its Olympic Village. Should Los Angeles receive the bid, the school will host 16,500 athletes, coaches and team officials. The committee came to its senses after it proposed building an Olympic village from scratch near the Los Angeles River, a […]
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Claire-ification: Women’s soccer recruit Mal Pugh brings hope for 2016 season
Women’s soccer is my favorite sport. Sure, I didn’t have as illustrious a career on the turf as I did on the hardwood, but I love soccer anyway. Actually, the only thing I don’t like about the sport is that I was never good at it – shoutout to my junior varsity soccer team with […]
Aram Ghoogasian: UC lecturer contract negotiations need immediate attention
The University of California is laboring to find a solution to one of its most pressing issues. Murmurs of a work stoppage loomed large as renewed negotiations between the UC and the University Council-American Federation of Teachers, or UC-AFT, the union that represents all of the University’s lecturers and librarians, began last week after the […]
Editorial: Engineering school must improve representation of women, minorities
Engineering students at UCLA are a largely homogeneous group. Women make up less than a quarter of the total number of engineering students, while students from minority groups make up less than 10 percent. These statistics go beyond UCLA and are representative of most engineering schools in the United States. To address this problem, Jayathi […]
Editorial: LA should fulfill its budget proposals to fight homelessness
Despite having one of the worst problems with homelessness in the world, Los Angeles has not seen initiatives big enough to bring significant change. That could change soon though, if a group of California state senators has its way and is able to pass a proposal that will dedicate $2 billion to building or fixing […]
No Offense, But: Presidential Debates
Opinion editor Ryan Nelson and columnist Chris Campbell dish out the hottest of the hot takes on this year’s presidential election cycle and examine last week’s Republican and Democratic primary debates.
Editorial: Mental health peer counselors need comprehensive training
It’s impossible to be too careful when attempting to supplement underfunded and understaffed on-campus mental health resources. During last week’s undergraduate student government meeting, Student Wellness Commissioner Marvin Chen said his office is working with UCLA Student Affairs to create a peer counseling support network and address the gap within current mental health services on […]