Living in California during the general election may make UCLA students feel ignored or unimportant in the political arena. Presidential campaigns, which generally focus on swing states, may seem too distant to justify our civic engagement. Read more...
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Maia Ferdman
Rarely do campaign smear tactics reveal anything substantive about what goes on in one's neighborhood. Read more...
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Ryland Lu
UCLA students discuss which propositions on the November ballot matter most to them and why. Read more...
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Abby Gunning
I'm a feminist. Here at UCLA, I have been very much under the impression that I was one of a handful of undergraduate feminists. Read more...
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Feminist author and activist Gloria Steinem spoke at UCLA’s Broad Art Center Sunday night to a full auditorium. In her speech, Steinem emphasized the importance of the upcoming November election for women’s rights and causes, such as access to family planning and bodily autonomy.
The recently repealed ban on medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles may be enough to relieve a little anxiety among some card-carrying college students. But for businesses across Los Angeles and in Westwood specifically, there is widespread confusion surrounding conflicting federal, state and local laws. Read more...
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The ban on medical marijuana storefronts (known as the “˜gentle ban’) was repealed by the Los Angeles City Council in a 11-2 vote.
While the state's recently passed "Student Athlete Bill of Rights" establishes some much-needed guidelines for how student-athletes should be treated, the scope of the legislation is not great enough to enact actual change. Read more...
During Wednesday night's presidential debate, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney inspired the country by bridging the partisan divide to say, "Shut up, Jim Lehrer." Read more...
