Black students at UCLA were greeted with several True Bruin Welcomes last week, and some were truer than others. Congratulation and condemnation coalesced last week when the Black Bruin Welcome Week collided with Sigma Phi Epsilon and Alpha Phi’s “Kanye Western” party, which treated black culture as accessory and reminded black students that some members of the […]
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No Offense, But: Foreign trade
Welcome to “No Offense, But,” the Daily Bruin’s Opinion podcast. On Monday, the United States reached an agreement with 11 other countries to approve the Trans-Pacific Partnership. But what exactly is the TPP and how could it affect the U.S. economy? Radio Director Chris Campbell and Opinion columnist Arthur Wang find out in this week’s […]
Casey Kovarik: LA should utilize UCLA’s resources to improve environmental standards
When compared to the city in which it resides, UCLA is a heaven for environmentally friendly construction. But with a little bit of collaboration we can use the knowledge from one of the best research universities in the world to help improve its community as well. Researchers from the California Center for Sustainable Communities at […]
Kevin Truong: Offensive statements should not be shut down, but start conversations
Students at Wesleyan University, the prototypical liberal arts college tucked away in a quaint small town, are raging against their student newspaper, sending angry letters and calling for mass boycotts. In the op-ed published in The Wesleyan Argus, Bryan Stascavage bashed the Black Lives Matter movement for creating an environment where violence against police is […]
Arthur Wang: New college application can offer increased accessibility, counseling
You might remember college application season as a confusing, daunting and anxiety-inducing time. Part of the stress comes from the fact that there are so many different application systems and forms to navigate. Well, guess what? There’s going to be another one soon – it’s called the Coalition Application. As the name implies, the new […]
Arthur Wang: Perpetual construction shows students as customers, not residents
Westwood is cramped, but if you count the dollars being spent on students who live on the Hill, we’re living large. I type this from the comfort – even if there’s no air conditioning – of the newly-renovated Saxon Suites, an almost-finished product that cost a cool $25 million to complete. Complete with an LED-lit […]
Julia McCarthy: Media coverage of presidential election reveals gender bias
Since her 2008 presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton’s served as Secretary of State, published a memoir and found herself embroiled in a scandal involving her personal e-mail. But don’t worry – all those accomplishments haven’t stopped the media from focusing on the most important thing: What’s she wearing? In her 2008 campaign, the media initially covered […]