Nearly 2.5 million undocumented Californians, including nearly 600 of our fellow Bruins, have found themselves in a precarious position this year: President Donald Trump may decide where they get to call home. Read more...
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August 20, 10:48 pm
Chris Busco: UCLA service groups must do work that actually benefits communities
“We the optimists.” For years, these few, yet potent, words have fanned the flames of inspiration among thousands of eager incoming UCLA freshmen ready to conquer the world through community service and volunteering. Read more...
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August 13, 11:35 pm
Ankita Nair: New students need to be taught the importance of sleep at orientation
For the nearly 9,000 incoming first-year and transfer students preparing to matriculate at UCLA, getting a good night’s sleep is probably the last thing on their minds. Read more...
Photo: (Noelle Cho, Daily Bruin)
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August 7, 7:36 am
Keshav Tadimeti: Rest of system needs to learn from UC Irvine admissions debacle
United Airlines can rest easy: The University of California, Irvine has officially stolen the title of “organization most likely to kick people off its premises because of overbooked seating.” Two weeks ago, UCI withdrew admission for nearly 500 students for poor senior-year grades or not sending in their high school transcripts on time, according to a notice it sent to students two months before the start of the fall 2017 quarter. Read more...
Photo: The University of California Irvine’s admission debacle shows the volatility of the UC’s admission predictions and its troubling willingness to pull the rug from underneath students. (Creative commons photo by Common Good via Wikimedia Commons)
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July 30, 7:47 pm
Abhishek Shetty: Newsom’s support of start-ups contradicts his campaign stance
If your spokesperson says that Davos, the annual World Economic Forum gathering of wealthy elites in Switzerland, is where you get many of your ideas from, you need to be as far away from politics as possible. Read more...
Photo: Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom (left) claims he represents the common man. His records and close relationship with tech-industry elites, however, would say otherwise. (Creative Commons photo by Drew Altizer via Flickr)
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July 23, 10:37 pm
Pravin Visakan: Police must implement training on mental health-related encounters
Nothing kills a dinner table discussion better than a conversation about policing in America. Add in a comment about our mental health care system, and you might as well pass on dessert. Read more...
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July 16, 10:21 pm
Keshav Tadimeti: Funding is required for universal health care in California to work
It seems fitting that while Southern California is trying to battle raging wildfires, Sacramento is rank with the smell of cindered health care legislation. Last month, California State Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon suspended Senate Bill 562, a bill that would overhaul the state’s health care market to make way for a universal or single-payer health care system, under which private insurance is replaced by a government-covered health care program. Read more...
Photo: (Juliette Le Saint/Daily Bruin)