Sleep-deprived summer-session students were unpleasantly surprised by a poster last week which brazenly argued UCLA is racially biased because it admits more African-American students than it should. Read more...

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Beverly Hills has sent a clear message to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority about its proposed Purple Line subway extension route running under the city. Quite literally, “It’s our way or the highway.” The extension, which could be completed by 2024 if a voters approve a 0.5 percent sales tax in November, will finally connect UCLA to Los Angeles’ burgeoning rail system. Read more...

Photo: Beverly Hills recently lost an appeal to stop the Purple Line subway route from running underneath Beverly Hills High School. (Creative Commons photo by Glenn Francis via Wikimedia Commons)

Time and time again, the Republican party has contradicted its own small-government philosophy. When most Republicans look at their party, they envision smaller government, which supposedly means fewer regulations and more individual liberty. Read more...

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2016 will be known around the world as the year of nationalism’s revival. Whether it be the massive demonstrations in Poland, the United Kingdom’s recent exit from the European Union or even the possibility of Japan amending its constitution for the first time ever, developed countries around the world are turning back to nationalism and are becoming increasingly skeptical of liberal democracy. Read more...

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The 2016 presidential contest is becoming as heated as the Los Angeles summer. The Republican and Democratic parties are holding their nominating conventions, and much like the inescapable LA heat, we can’t expect a break from the presidential invectives until November. Read more...

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Last week on a Wednesday Eevee-ning, I was in my life sciences lab dissecting a rat. I pretended to be sick from the sight of some still-beating hearts and the odor that comes from a rat that freshly died for science and I left the room to grab water. Read more...

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