This post was updated May 16 at 6:43 p.m. There’s a sad truth that transfer students must face from day one: We begin our time at UCLA when it feels as though it is already running out. Read more...
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Editorials, Opinion
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May 14, 2:52 pm
Editorial: UC runs counter to student, faculty preferences with systemwide special police force
This post was updated May 27 at 5:42 p.m. On the occasion that students and faculty ask for something that will cost less money and fewer injustices, the University of California should be inclined to oblige. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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May 14, 2:11 pm
Opinion: UC has opportunity to expand contraceptive access with proposed Senate Bill 523
For all its touted progressivism, California doesn’t provide its residents the reproductive freedom they need and deserve. The state has an opportunity to change that. Senate Bill 523, introduced by State Sen. Read more...
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Opinion, Opinion Columns
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May 13, 4:13 pm
Opinion: Shift back to in-person instruction will bring new challenges for some students
A return to normal may be the end goal many have eagerly awaited, but for others, this transition won’t be easy. Instead, it will be one of anxiety and stress. Read more...
Photo: While some Bruins may feel excited to return to campus after more than a year away, others may find this transition stressful. We should respect everyone’s boundaries so we can all comfortably adjust to the new normal. (Lauren Kim/Daily Bruin)
Community, Opinion
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May 12, 2:38 pm
Op-ed: UC student researchers union would protect LGBTQ+ rights, ensure adequate wages
As a graduate student researcher in the Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Physiology graduate program at UCLA, I spend my days studying sleep. Recently, I’ve been spending my nights working on another project important to me both as a worker and also as a person who has begun transitioning from male to female: forming a union for student researchers at the University of California. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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May 10, 3:48 pm
Op-ed: UCLA must ensure open access to COVID-19-related intellectual property
On March 16, the University of California made history. It signed an open-access agreement with Elsevier – the largest scientific publisher in the world – ensuring that articles published by UC affiliates in thousands of Elsevier journals, including the prestigious Lancet and Cell Press, will be available worldwide at no cost. Read more...