This post was updated July 20 at 11:40 p.m. All talk, no action. It’s UCLA’s signature response to issues that affect Bruins most. And for students planning to return to Westwood in the fall, housing insecurity is the latest issue to get the university’s cold shoulder. Read more...
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July 8, 5:23 pm
Editorial: UCLA must support its international students in wake of ICE guidelines
“Give me your tired, your poor, / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,” reads the poem engraved on the Statue of Liberty. Unless, of course, the huddled masses are undocumented immigrants, legal immigrants — or more recently, nonimmigrant international students. Read more...
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July 6, 4:35 pm
Editorial: UCLA must divest from UCPD, LAPD to stop perpetuating problematic systems
Campus leaders have spoken: defunding and divesting from law enforcement are the only real options. George Floyd’s death while in custody of the Minneapolis police in May sparked nationwide protests against racial injustice, including one at UCLA. Read more...
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June 29, 8:23 pm
Editorial: UCLA funding a Black Resource Center shows student activism works, must go further
UCLA’s campus was virtually devoid of activity for the first nine weeks of spring quarter. Then, during week 10, hundreds of students gathered in front of Royce Hall to protest police brutality. Read more...
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June 3, 4:32 am
Editorial: UCLA’s deafening silence on Black Lives Matter movement sanctions complicity, hurts Bruins
Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play major league baseball. But earlier this week, the UCLA baseball stadium named in his memory became a Los Angeles Police Department detention center for protesters participating in the Black Lives Matter movement. Read more...
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June 1, 7:52 pm
Editorial Board Q&A with Afrikan Student Union talks protesting, allyship at UCLA
The Daily Bruin Editorial Board supports Black Lives Matter and should have said so sooner amid the national turmoil in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death. Read more...
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May 26, 6:37 pm
Editorial: There’s no point investing scarce UC resources designing another standardized test
After years of talk, the University of California finally threw out the ACT and SAT from admissions. But standardized testing isn’t going anywhere if the UC can help it. Read more...