UCLA had a message for public transit this summer: not here you don’t. Public transportation users haven’t had it easy in Westwood. The sparse number of bus stops in the North Village and the limited reach of lines running from Westwood into the city make for an unflattering game of transit hopscotch for commuter Bruins. Read more...
Editorials
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September 19, 4:38 am
Editorial: Amid lackluster scholarship fundraising, UCLA needs innovative solutions
$4.28 billion. 190,721 donors. 469,209 received gifts. And still one year before the 100th anniversary. UCLA has many reasons to celebrate its Centennial Campaign. But there’s one group that isn’t dancing all the way to the bank: students. Read more...
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September 3, 8:30 pm
Editorial: Westwood leaders need to accept NWWNC certification
The battle for Westwood Village is finally over. Someone better tell that to the members of the Westwood Neighborhood Council. The North Westwood Neighborhood Council – a council championed by Westwood Forward, a coalition of students, faculty, administrators, business owners and residents – was certified last week in a Los Angeles Board of Neighborhood Commissioners hearing. Read more...
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August 24, 2:47 pm
Editorial: UCLA must ban Greek life houses that perpetuate sexual assault and harassment
Alcohol maketh the abuser. That’s the scapegoat UCLA and its Interfraternity Council have been blaming for years. Here’s a more accurate explanation: A system of oppression keepeth the abusers. Read more...
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August 19, 11:10 pm
Editorial: UC should divest from companies linked with immigration crisis
President Donald Trump’s turbulent administration hit rock bottom following revelations that the federal government was separating families of asylum-seekers at the border. Among the list of offenses: caging children, coercing non-English speakers into signing esoteric forms and traumatizing minors seeking a place in this country. Read more...
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August 5, 10:53 pm
Editorial: UCLA’s disregard for its librarians shows once again its exploitation of workers
UCLA’s Powell Library and Charles E. Young Research Library turn 89 and 54 respectively this year. If only the jobs of the librarians working in those buildings had that kind of permanence. Read more...
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July 22, 11:11 pm
Editorial: Higher transfer admissions would benefit both UC, low-income students
The University of California has long been stuck between a rock and a hard place. It finally seems to have found a way to transfer out of that position, though. Read more...