It’s an idea that’s well understood and largely accepted in most college campus discourse: Underserved communities understand their own experience better than other people do. It doesn’t make sense to put a man at the head of a women’s rights movement. It doesn’t make sense to tell other people’s stories as though they’re your own. […]
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Chloe Lew: Don’t underestimate the power of your degree
When I was in elementary school and first discovered the public library, I snuck books under my bed covers and read them in the dim light of a keychain flashlight. My parents saw this as rebellion against a curfew. Others probably saw it as me being a nerd. Call it what you may, faith in […]
Travis Fife: UC fossil fuel divestment is step toward leading change
As the Centennial Campaign video presentation came to an end a few weeks ago in Royce Quad, the message was clear: UCLA is not just a university, it is a beacon other institutions can look to as a guiding light. The university projected a similar message in November 2013, when it announced the first project […]
Eitan Arom: Student attention should be shifted toward ASUCLA
To any student who pays attention to campus politics, the name John Joanino is probably a familiar one. Joanino ended his term as undergraduate student government president last month, rounding out a year as the school’s most prominent student official. The names Joel Ontiveros, Precious Elam, Adam Swart and Jordan Wong are likely less familiar. […]
Letter to the Editor: Normcore trend shows socioeconomic insensitivity
Noor Gill and Amy Lee discussed normcore fashion in their May 22 A&E column, “Normcore trend embraces ironic take on fashion.” However, their article fails to comment upon the cultural insensitivity of the so-called “trend,” which is based on the popular belief that the most fashionable thing to be is “normal.” Normcore is a practical […]
Chloe Lew: ASUCLA must repair customer loyalty with students, faculty
The original version of this article contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for more information. The relationship between the Associated Students UCLA textbook store and the majority of its student customers has hit a rough patch. The prices ask for more than we are ready to give. We […]
Submission: Reduced time in Spanish, Portuguese classes detrimental
We, the undersigned graduate students and teaching assistants in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at UCLA, want to express our deep concern regarding the imminent “hybridization” of the department’s lower-division language program, which will take effect during the fall 2014 quarter. This initiative comes at a moment when the university’s lack of sufficient physical […]