After this summer’s stipend increase, every student government officer gets paid $672 a month. For most members of the Undergraduate Students Association Council who have clearly defined roles and a very structured office, it’s relatively clear what the student body is paying them to do. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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April 1, 12:00 am
Natalie Delgadillo: General representative candidates should have cohesive platform
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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March 31, 12:00 am
Ryan Nelson: UC, AFSCME agreement shows change is possible
Three strikes, and the University of California is out. Or so it appears, given the fact that the yearlong, contentious contract negotiations between the American Federation State, County and Municipal Employees 3299 and the UC ended mere days before the union was set to host its third strike. Read more...
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Opinion, Opinion Columns
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March 18, 12:00 am
Julia McCarthy: UC sexual assault policy still vague on student training
Good policy is specific and direct, leaving no room for misunderstanding. By that standard, the revised University of California sexual harassment and sexual violence policy is a mixed bag. Read more...
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March 13, 12:00 am
Aram Ghoogasian: USAC’s delayed budget report reveals bigger problems
Accountability is a nice thing to ride into office on, but when faced with the realities of governance, it’s a difficult platform to follow through with. Read more...
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Opinion, Opinion Columns
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March 10, 12:00 am
Natalie Delgadillo: Faculty must note campus climate
It’s hard to argue that campus climate is not a problem at UCLA. A growing list of incidents on campus this year proves that point: student protests denouncing Proposition 209, which bans affirmative action in the state of California; a student video criticizing the university’s lack of black students; racist and sexist fliers directed at the Asian American population on campus; and an Undergraduate Students Association Council meeting that ran more than 11 hours and included several hateful public comments toward the Palestinian and Jewish communities on campus. Read more...
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Opinion, Opinion Columns
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March 7, 12:00 am
Maia Ferdman: Criticism of Israel shouldn’t distract from rights violations
Visiting Israel has always felt like coming home. As a Jew, walking through the cobblestone streets in the Old City of Jerusalem brings forth a sense of enchantment. Read more...
Photo: A protest mural in the Aida refugee camp in the West Bank shows soldiers detaining a blindfolded man. (Maia Ferdman/Daily Bruin staff)
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March 6, 12:54 am
Samah Pirzada: Science classes’ peer review system is counterproductive
The acronym CPR usuallybrings to mental images of heroic lifesaving, but for many sciencestudents at UCLA, it results in stressed evenings hunched in front of a laptop. Read more...