Tuesday, February 10

Opinion: End of remote learning signals need for empathy, equity in higher education

This post was updated May 31 at 6:10 p.m. The class of 2021 is expected to be the last graduating class of Zoom university – and nothing besides a pandemic should change that. Read more...

Photo: A return to campus should mark the end of remote learning. While the virtual sphere offers its fair share of benefits, it cannot come close to the social connections allowed by in-person classes. (Alyson Hong/Daily Bruin, Daily Bruin file photo)


Officer Evaluation: Naomi Riley, President

Platforms/goals: Excellent For the second consecutive year, Naomi Riley set goals for her office that toed the line between daring and idealistic. Her main platforms – community, accountability, accessibility and affordability – are goals that USAC officers set year after year with varying levels of success. Read more...

Photo: (Courtesy of Naomi Riley)



Officer Evaluation: Emily Luong, Internal Vice President

Platforms/goals: Excellent Emily Luong brought a sense of student-first specificity with her platforms. Going beyond the usual bureaucracy of the internal vice presidency, Luong emphasized goals aimed at affecting structural change on issues including rent, student-worker rights and administrative relations. Read more...

Photo: (Courtesy of Emily Luong)



Officer Evaluation: Justin Rodriguez, General Representative 2

Platforms/goals: Excellent General representatives have the monumental task of representing the student body’s interests at council meetings. Justin Rodriguez met that challenge head-on and planned to advocate for culturally accessible mental health resources, work with student-labor advocates and student-workers to create a student-labor task force and organize a research coalition to investigate issues such as cost of living in Westwood. Read more...

Photo: (Courtesy of Justin Rodriguez)