Two weeks ago, I sat in a safe space in Bunche Hall, eager to open myself to the variety of stories and perspectives students had to share regarding the election results. Read more...
Photo: Student groups need to host constructive debates with clear argumentation guidelines in order to promote a healthy contest of viewpoints, which is necessary to reconcile students’ differing political opinions. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)
It seems like the only way to become a figure of authority nowadays is to have a recording of yourself making vulgar, sexual comments about women. Read more...
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When this year’s Undergraduate Students Association Council members campaigned for their offices, they promised a scholarship portal. They promised to tackle housing affordability. They promised to make the campus more eco-friendly. Read more...
Photo: Visual medium can be an engaging outlet for news, but only if it’s done in a novel fashion that provides something new and interesting to its viewers. Without innovation, Bruin News Room will not be a meaningful addition to news outlets already available to students. (Creative Commons photo by Ryan Merritt via Flickr)
‘Tis the season – the season for catchy hey-ho hey-ho protest chants. After six years of tuition-frozen bliss, things are about to thaw at the University of California. Read more...
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I came out as bisexual to more than 43,300 people last year in a Daily Bruin column. But my parents weren’t among them. It may be 2016, but it can still be risky for someone to publicly identify as LGBTQ, undocumented or as part of any other marginalized group. Read more...
I was raised in a white, working-class rural American town that voted for Donald Trump this year. Urban liberals lack understanding of places like my home, and tend to write them off as uneducated or backwards. Read more...
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This post was updated Nov. 22 at 12:45 p.m. Now that we’ve handed Donald Trump the reins to run the most powerful nation on Earth, he’s spent his time pretty much the only way he knows how to: tweeting about the most pressing issue of the day, the musical “Hamilton.” But while he whines about the theater kids bullying him and his vice president, his proposed policies continue to demonize some of the most vulnerable among us: undocumented immigrants. Read more...
