The original version of this article contained multiple errors and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for more information. In multiple previous advisory votes, the UCLA College of Letters and Sciences faculty defeated proposed diversity requirements, including a decisive rejection two years ago. This past October, 24 percent of the College faculty […]
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Submission: Jewish and pro-Israel groups at UCLA condemn posters accusing SJP of anti-Semitism
We would like to condemn the posters which were posted on campus this weekend labeling members of Students for Justice in Palestine as “Jew Haters.”
Chloe Lew: Evaluations should reflect instruction quality, not gender bias
This myth goes all the way back to the elementary school playground: Men are from Mars and women are from Venus. We’re in college now, but variations of this gender divide just keep on coming. An interactive chart developed by a professor at Northeastern University lets you plug in any word – for instance, “genius” […]
Submission: USAC members apologize to Jewish community
As individuals committed to social activism and advocating on behalf of underrepresented communities, we understand the importance and urgency of wearing our identities as a badge of honor. Integral to this is respecting and celebrating identities other than our own, and for this reason it is vital to hold ourselves accountable when we fail to […]
Casey Kovarik: Clinics must take steps to improve quality of care for Latino patients
Getting medical care in a language you don’t feel comfortable speaking is like driving a stick shift when you don’t know how: difficult and likely to result in errors. Researchers at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine found that while the proportion of Latinos in the U.S. population has grown over the past 30 […]
Submission: Racism in UCLA bureaucracy hinders diversity requirement passage
Loud voices from too few individuals have challenged the UCLA College’s diversity requirement. The polling process ended in 2014 after a faculty majority approved the requirement and the Academic Senate Legislative Assembly voted for its implementation. 2015 should have marked the start of course selection. Instead, the opposition has halted the process by imposing an […]
Submission: Chapel Hill shootings reflect hate culture Muslim students face
On Feb. 12, the Muslim Student Association at UCLA hosted a vigil to commemorate the lives of Yusor Abu-Salha, her husband Deah Barakat and her sister Razan Abu-Salha. These three Muslim students were shot execution-style by their white male anti-theist neighbor in their home in a hate crime. They were students like us, and like […]