Uneven asphalt is rife with cracks and unwanted vegetation. Every trip in and around Westwood’s apartments is an adventure. From Gayley to Veteran avenues, battered roads test the suspensions of students’ cars, and each fissure in the sidewalk feels like a chasm. Read more...
Photo: The Westwood Village Improvement Association applied for a grant to fix Westwood Boulevard – but it’s choosing to refurbish one of the nicest streets in the Village instead of doing more. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Dear Editor, The Daily Bruin ran a front-page story April 23 headlined “UCLA community questions fairness of naming buildings after donors.” The article quoted those who questioned the naming of buildings after individuals who may not share “our values.” The accompanying text and photo used the Renée and David Kaplan Hall on the campus’ central quadrangle as an example of this practice. Read more...
Professors aspiring to get tenure are working against a ticking clock. For women, though, this clock ticks much louder. Faculty at UCLA typically start off as assistant professors and work within a roughly eight-year time frame to obtain tenure, or permanent employment. Read more...
Photo: (Michelle Fu/Daily Bruin)
Dear editor, This is a letter responding to the Opinion column titled “Mind Your Business: UCLA hotels detract funding from more pressing issues, compromise local business.” The purpose and function of UCLA facilities, like the UCLA Tiverton House, the Guest House, the Lake Arrowhead Conference Center and the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center, is to support UCLA’s mission of education, research and public service at a lower cost than other alternatives. Read more...
UCLA asks whether activism can be taught. What it really means to ask is whether activism can be bought. UCLA Activist-in-Residence is a position put on jointly by the Asian American studies department and the Institute on Inequality and Democracy. Read more...
Photo: (Michelle Fu/Daily Bruin)
Every time, it’s too close to home. Until it is your home. Last week, it was UCLA’s turn – yet again. A gunman opened fire April 28 in a Poway, California, synagogue during its final Passover celebrations. Read more...
This year’s Undergraduate Students Association Council featured the lowest voter turnout in at least the past decade, an eye-popping number of empty seats on the council table and a remarkable lack of fanfare. Read more...
