Picture this: You’re walking through Westwood on a nice, sunny Saturday afternoon. You wander onto Broxton Avenue, seeing an array of storefronts and people. You decide to treat yourself to a warm, cinnamon-sugar cookie from Diddy Riese, and you step outside, eager to enjoy its sugary sweetness while feeling one with the community. Read more...
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We’ve all been traumatized from a young age by the disturbing anti-smoking commercials showing images of diseased lungs and former smokers using a voice box. By the time we were old enough to buy cigarettes, we understood they were bad for us. Read more...
Photo: Smoking isn’t cool – and UCLA should take the appropriate steps to make sure its students know that. That means adding trainings through its online modules and educating students on nicotine’s harmful effects. (Kanishka Mehra/Daily Bruin)
One man’s success is another man’s failure – or in the University of California, San Diego’s case, potentially more than seven people’s threatened livelihoods. Oh, and that one man might just be the chancellor. Read more...
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One year ago, California stoners and casual marijuana users alike expected to have a bustling legal recreational weed market by now. Contrary to popular belief, though, the deal didn’t make the state into a forest of weed by 2019. Read more...
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Enrollment appointments are out. So now it’s time for students to obsess over what classes they can take to sleep in a little bit longer. Staying in bed isn’t really an option for commuter students. Read more...
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UCLA’s successful completion of its $4.2 billion fundraising goal came, naturally, with a glowing press release that venerated its major donors. The campaign, part of a trend of growing university donations, went toward cancer research, buying a historic theater in Westwood, expansion of the Anderson School of Management and the like. Read more...
Photo: Donors like David Geffen, who gave $200 million to UCLA’s school of medicine and has his name on many university structures, might seem like an alternative to state funding. But the reality is that these individuals are only pursuing their passion projects at universities. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Jan. 28 at 10:00 a.m. In the late 18th century, American revolutionaries proclaimed they would not abide taxation without representation. Today, UCLA students are protesting funding allocations without adequate representation. Read more...
Photo: The Undergraduate Students Association Council must ensure its use of student fees is transparent so students don’t lose faith in what remains of UCLA’s democratic system. (Liz Ketcham/Assistant Photo editor)
