In last year’s Graduate Students Association election, less than 10 percent of eligible graduate students turned out to vote. Only after the voting period was extended did turnout reach the 10 percent margin required to pass a ballot referendum. This startlingly low number is part of a larger trend of non-participation in the graduate student […]
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Editorial Cartoon: Dance Marathoner progression
Editorial Cartoon: The truth is in the tweets
Alexandra Tashman: Campus climate calls for immediate effort
When one in four members of the UCLA community report experiencing hostile, exclusionary, intimidating or offensive conduct, it becomes necessary to do everything possible to decrease that number.
Submission: UCLA should cover omissions in revised UC sexual violence policy
Today, April 1, marks the beginning of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. This month is important to survivors both on our campus and across the world, who have all struggled with the trauma of sexual violence. Throughout the upcoming weeks, campus sexual assault prevention groups like 7,000 in Solidarity, Counseling and Psychological Services’ Campus Assault Resources […]
Ryan Nelson: UC, AFSCME agreement shows change is possible
Three strikes, and the University of California is out. Or so it appears, given the fact that the yearlong, contentious contract negotiations between the American Federation State, County and Municipal Employees 3299 and the UC ended mere days before the union was set to host its third strike. It’s a result that shocked many (including […]
