Trips to Israel are always made out to mean more than they do. Just this past winter break, countless trips to Israel were provided for college students. Read more...
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January 4, 12:07 am
Chris Campbell: Equity measures should protect free speech, but promote mutual respect
Yet another free speech column? Please, try to contain your excitement. Apparently we didn’t get nearly enough self-aggrandizing punditry and opining on all sides of the political spectrum in 2015 when that famous question took college campuses nationwide by storm: Should speech be limited in the name of tolerance? Read more...
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December 7, 12:07 am
Arthur Wang: College football relies on unpaid labor of black athletes
As the UCLA Bruin football team gears up for the next football game against Nebraska on Dec. 26, I have some concerns as a newfound spectator of the sport. Read more...
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December 3, 1:59 am
Casey Kovarik: UC Merced expansion prioritizes construction over student services
With enrollment increasing over the next five years, students at the University of California are about to learn, painfully, that hindsight really is 20-20. Recently, UC Merced received full approval from the UC Regents to nearly double the campus’ capacity by 2020. Read more...
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November 24, 11:49 pm
Jasmine Aquino: UCLA Housing should create student committee for input on its projects
The Hill seems to have it all: a newly renovated Saxon Suites beaming with high-quality glazed windows and an expensive barbecue area, a new 14,000-square-foot Bruin Fitness Center that features an extravagant design and all new equipment for undergraduate students, and even free HBO. Read more...
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November 24, 1:53 am
Aram Ghoogasian: Graduate Students Association President Milan Chatterjee should resign
Reports of free speech’s death on our campus are often exaggerated. But now that the UCLA graduate student government has violated the First Amendment in its attempt to silence student activists, such claims carry a bit more weight. Read more...
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November 20, 12:17 am
Julia McCarthy: EVP’s efforts lobbying against Safe Campus Act lack student involvement
How many UCLA students does it take to change a lightbulb? About the same number of students that the Undergraduate Students Association Council external vice president spoke with before taking a lobbying trip to Washington, D.C., this past week. Read more...
Photo: Undergraduate student government External Vice President Zach Helder presented the Bruin Defenders program in September, which enfranchises students with funding for lobbying purposes. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)