If you haven’t recently considered going “off the grid” and deleting all social media accounts, you probably haven’t been paying attention to the news. Social media sites have been continually lambasted for information gathering and selling. Facebook collects your clicks, likes and reactions to posts and ads. Google records everything from what you search and […]
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2018 GSA candidate endorsement: Michael Skiles for president
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. Creating a new neighborhood council. Keeping the student union afloat. Forcing the university to change its guiding documents on housing. Michael Skiles has […]
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 […]
Selby Kia: UCLA needs more lecture halls, buildings to accommodate increased enrollment
It’s a new quarter, and as Bruins head to their classes with high hopes for a productive spring quarter, many will open their lecture hall doors only to find a seat on the floor. With an undergraduate population of 31,000 and only a handful of large lecture halls, it’s no surprise that UCLA is starved […]
Cade Mallett: Removing sorority alcohol limits would create safer setting for women
This article was updated on April 5 at 5:36 p.m. The Interfraternity Council banned alcohol at in-house events through January and February in an attempt to address the environment of sexual assault fostered at frat parties. What the council failed to realize is that the problem isn’t alcohol, but where it’s served. Unlike fraternities, most […]
Erin Nguyen: Sexual violence must be mitigated by addressing rape culture
The #MeToo campaign is a visible depiction of how prevalent sexual harassment and sexual violence are in society. Those two words broke the silence surrounding sexual violence, with more than 12 million participants sharing the hashtag within 24 hours of it becoming viral in October. For those of you who think the movement does […]
Austin Pink: Reliance on nontenured faculty harms teaching environment, education quality
For 14 Nobel laureates, three Pulitzer Prize winners and a Fields Medalist, UCLA is home. For 2,000 nontenured faculty, however, it’s merely temporary housing. The number of nontenure academic faculty at UCLA, including adjunct faculty, lecturers, clinical professors and in-residence faculty, has increased by 46 percent since 2009, according to UCLA Academic Planning and Budget. […]