I’ll never forget how I felt walking around campus during zero week. I had just decided I wanted to attend medical school and couldn’t help but be amazed by the sheer number of health-related clubs, organizations and informational events on campus. Read more...
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February 8, 8:28 pm
Stuart Key: Los Angeles should be wary of incurring expensive Olympics debt
As it turns out, Los Angeles’s new love for sports does not end with acquiring the Rams and Chargers to play football. Los Angeles has its sights set on a bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympics, and is in competition with Budapest and Paris. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Rich Clarkson)
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February 7, 10:37 pm
Abhishek Shetty: UCLA Housing should change housing lottery into waitlist format
If you’ve ever felt your housing application has been a hassle, then spare a moment for the fourth-year students trying to get into university housing. Fourth-year students who want to live in university-owned housing have to enter a lottery to get into the few available spots in both residence halls and university-owned apartments. Read more...
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February 7, 10:35 pm
Kristina Iliopoulos: Fraternities enforce gender ratio policy to ensure safe environment
The Daily Bruin column published last week entitled “Fraternities should abolish misogynistic men-to-women ratio policies” is a wrongful attack on fraternities here at UCLA. The main argument that “frat ratios” promote a misogynistic environment is based on a false premise. Read more...
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February 6, 9:06 pm
Austin Pink: UCLA should require students to take a course on media literacy
Campus protests, executive actions, Steve Harvey. Why are these things happening? What will happen next? Much of the anxiety surrounding the recent election and President Donald Trump’s executive actions has been marked by unprecedented online staging. Read more...
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February 6, 9:03 pm
Keshav Tadimeti: Inactivity of USAC officers prevents council’s success
Winter has come for the undergraduate student government. With the fall quarter learning curve behind us, the cycle will begin anew: Undergraduate Students Association Council officers will begin to feel the heat and scramble to cross off items on their to-do lists, awaiting end-of-term evaluations and the ever-looming spring quarter election. Read more...
Photo: USAC members meet every Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417. These meetings provide council members with a crucial opportunity to get together, give updates on projects and ask questions of other members. The meetings are open to the public. (Laura Uzes/Daily Bruin)
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February 5, 9:37 pm
Clea Wurster: Student protests must outline clear purpose in order to be effective
“Violent” is the buzzword used to describe left-leaning protesters who speak out against President Donald Trump and those like him. On Wednesday, UC Berkeley protesters epitomized the failures of the student left’s response to the harmful rhetoric employed by conservatives. Read more...
Photo: Protests against conservative provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos turned violent Wednesday at UC Berkeley. The violence has since been blamed on outside groups. (Daniel Kim/The Daily Californian)