The California marijuana market has been set ablaze. Too bad students will only get a whiff of it. Proposition 64, passed in November 2016, legalized recreational marijuana for adults over the age of 21, effectively allowing the state to reap billions of dollars in potential revenue. It also created a tremendous new demand for labor. […]
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In a modern Westwood, neighborhood opposition to The Agora relies on flawed logic
This town isn’t big enough for all of us. But that hasn’t stopped the members of Little Holmby in their fight against commonsense housing density – and also common sense. Two physicians recently announced a plan to build a 16-story residential building, known as The Agora, on Hilgard Avenue, on the east side of UCLA. […]
Op-ed: I once was endorsed to be the Daily Bruin’s editor in chief. I agree with staffers’ concerns.
For the past eight years, I have worked in big newsrooms like the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times, and have learned a thing or two about office politics. But the worst, most politically fraught period of my life remains the three months I campaigned to be editor of the Daily Bruin. And […]
2019 GSA candidate endorsement: Shrinidhi Balasubramanian for vice president of academic affairs
Graduate students are at the heart of UCLA’s academics. That’s worryingly easy to forget – something graduate students themselves might forget given the university’s treatment of them. Luckily, the soon-to-be Graduate Students Association vice president of academic affairs wants to challenge that. The board endorses Shrinidhi Balasubramanian as the next vice president of academic affairs […]
2019 GSA candidate endorsement: Paul Nesterenko for vice president of internal affairs
Everyone can have ideas – but it’s a matter of implementing them. Paul Nesterenko is the only candidate running for the Graduate Students Association vice president of internal affairs seat. And needless to say, he has a lot he wants to accomplish. He is running on the Moving Forward slate first organized by current president […]
Whose Campus?
A single, clenched fist thrust from a sea of white ivory. That’s the symbol of equity in higher education. It’s the sigil black students wear when they rise up to challenge an institution that has abandoned them. It’s the rallying cry of union workers clad in bright green, protesting unlivable wages under the sharp Southern […]
UC fails to listen to unions despite strikes, allegations of unfair labor practices
Here at UCLA, you’re a part of one big family – that is, unless you also belong to a labor union. Union strikes have become a regular occurrence on campus. Most recently, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 joined the University Professional and Technical Employees-Communications Workers of America in a […]