BY KAUSAR MOHAMMED Vagina.It looks funny when you read it and can sound a little funny coming out of your mouth.But, it has become a part of my everyday vocabulary as the director of SANAA’s V-Day movement and “The Vagina Monologues” on campus. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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February 21, 12:00 am
Submission: ‘The Vagina Monologues’ opens dialogue on ‘sex-ism’
Community, Opinion
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February 20, 12:14 am
Letter to the Editor: Desires for Prop. 13 reform are misinformed
In her article “Submission: Prop. 13 reform needed to resolve UC tuition woes,” in Opinion on Jan. 3, Andrea Chu cites her financial problems as a good reason for Proposition 13 “reform.” Well, Ms. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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February 19, 12:00 am
Submission: USAC divestment resolution relevant to entire student body
In the coming weeks, the UCLA’s Undergraduate Students Association Council will be voting on a resolution calling on the UC Board of Regents to withdraw its investments from five companies directly complicit in and profiting from, violations of human rights and international law in the Palestinian territories, occupied by Israel since 1967. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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February 19, 12:00 am
Submission: UCLA must enact policies to improve campus climate
On Feb. 5, students learned of a racist and misogynistic flier that was mailed to the UCLA Asian American Studies Center. On Feb. 6, students were notified of an anonymous flier mailed to the USC Asian Pacific American Student Services, the very same one that the AASC received.While the flier itself was already disturbing, this incident was a symptom of a larger issue at hand: the hostile campus climate that exists here at UCLA. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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February 14, 8:48 pm
Submission: Flier incident reaffirms need to promote diversity at UCLA
We would like to comment on the anonymous flier mailed to the Asian American Studies Center on Feb. 5. It is most accurately described as a nonsensical “collage of sexist slurs and racist epithets,” as the Asian Pacific Coalition at UCLA responded last week. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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February 14, 12:00 am
Submission: True love extends beyond romance, encompasses friendship
Growing up with Disney princess movies, I often discredited “love” stories as ridiculous obsessions with knights in shining armor. While these films provided entertainment, they rarely ever presented a story that could actually play out in my life (most likely due to the lack of suitable horses in Los Angeles). Read more...