The Undergraduate Students Association Council is supposed to be a place to affect change and create a good experience for all students. It is supposed to be inclusive. Read more...
Community, Opinion
|
April 28, 2:19 am
Submission: USAC slates should focus on effecting change, not party politics
Community, Opinion
|
April 24, 4:12 am
Submission: GSA candidate Matthew FitzGerald outlines eight-point plan
The vice president of external affairs is supposed to take the charge on advocating for state and national concerns that UCLA students seek movement on. After a year of involvement in Graduate Students Association as the presidential appointee to the UCLA Drug-Free Schools Committee, I’ve developed an eight-point platform addressed below. Read more...
Community, Opinion
|
April 22, 12:08 am
Submission: Bigoted actions of USAC presidential candidate unacceptable
We can all agree Undergraduate Students Association Council has its shortcomings, but on Feb. 10 of this year, it left the greatest of stains on its legacy. Read more...
Community, Opinion
|
April 16, 11:21 pm
Submission: Forum to Reclaim Diversity invites community to change campus climate
The results of the Moreno report and the campus climate survey have highlighted the extent to which members of the UCLA community feel marginalized in their social, academic and work environments. Read more...
Community, Opinion
|
April 16, 12:18 am
Submission: Greater action against sexual violence needed for safer UCLA community
To the UCLA community: As part of the first annual Faculty Day of Action on April 16, 2015, UCLA faculty and graduate students are taking a stand with survivors of sexual violence by demanding more transparency and accountability in the way our university handles Title IX cases. Read more...
Community, Opinion
|
April 14, 12:04 am
Students should sympathize with, not politicize, different identities
Over the course of the past few quarters at UCLA, one thing has become abundantly clear: Our campus climate is anything but perfect. Between the politicization of different identities and tokenization of certain experiences, it unfortunately has become increasingly difficult for us as students to have faith in the sincerity of others. Read more...
Community, Opinion
|
April 10, 2:30 am
Submission: UCLA professors should include more female scholars in coursework
Last week I went to class excited. As a graduating senior, I was overwhelmed by the bittersweet experience of my “last first day of school.” I sat down in my first seminar, a class I had been waiting for four years to take, and skimmed the syllabus. Read more...