While the UCLA community voted overwhelmingly Democratic, 62 million U.S. citizens voted for a president who claims climate change is a hoax created by the Chinese. Now more than ever, local progressive leaders of environmental sustainability need to take bold steps, and it is frustrating to see that the UCLA administration, which needs to be […]
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Arman Sharif: Anti-Trump protests are not in vain
Let the people protest. Lazy, entitled, ungrateful. Violent, animals, rioters. Childish, crybabies, sore losers. Political affiliation no matter, Americans have flung every name at anti-Trump protestors over the last week. The sentiment stems from complacency with Donald Trump’s election to the highest office in the country, suggesting we try to work our best with our […]
Editorial: New Westwood Neighborhood Council terms inhibit student involvement
In case the Westwood Neighborhood Council hasn’t realized, students represent a major stakeholding group in Westwood. But, instead of encouraging their involvement in the neighborhood, the council is trying to exclude them from the decision-making process. At the Nov. 9 meeting, the council voted 8-7 to increase council members’ terms from two years to four […]
Kristina Iliopoulos: UCLA must re-evaluate smoking policies with passage of Prop 64
The entire country is talking about the historic moment that happened on Nov. 8. It’s quickly dividing California in two: one side very easily saw this coming and the other is outraged by the result, taking to social media to protest the outcome. That’s right: Proposition 64. Proposition 64, which legalized recreational use of marijuana […]
Editorial: Kinross Recreation Center plans conflict with student interest
UCLA may have mastered the art of constant construction, but it has a lot to improve on in the planning process, where ultimate cost and student impacts can be forgotten. Two weeks ago, UCLA announced it will reconstruct the Kinross Recreation Center, or KREC graduate student gym, a few hundred yards away on Parking Lot […]
Karishma Daibee: UCLA must stop marketing campus hospitality over educational concerns
This post was updated Nov. 10 at 5:20 p.m. Flexitarians of UCLA: Rejoice, for there is a new flexitarian bar opening at De Neve dining hall next quarter. Finally, you can live your life the way you’ve always imagined and realize your true destiny. Your academic dreams will come to fruition, and all the while, […]
Aaron Julian: Prison system and society’s view of inmates need reform
We all laugh at wealthy, white college students breaking the law in obscene ways – think movies like “Animal House” and “Neighbors,” with scenes of underage drunken antics, hazing, abuse of illegal drugs and sex offenses. But when it comes to how we treat different demographics actually convicted of these crimes, we deplore them. Two […]