Wednesday, April 8

William Bleveans: USAC Election Board’s sanctions are misdirected, arbitrary

Although sanctions against rogue regimes like Russia and North Korea regularly command our attention, the sanctions imposed by our student government officials deserve scrutiny as well. Read more...

Photo: The Undergraduate Students Association Council Election Board spends a great deal of its time doling out draconian sanctions to candidates who commit trivial election code violations. (Hannah Burnett/Assistant Photo Editor)



Scott Bays: Further reducing campaign spending limits would democratize USAC elections

UCLA’s undergraduate student government does a good job preparing students for politics in the real world – especially when it comes to blowing large amounts of cash on their campaigns. Read more...

Photo: Jamie Kennerk campaigns for the undergradaute student government elections. The Election Board has limited candidates to spending only $600, but this spending limit is still too high. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Assistant Photo editor)


Emily Merz: Niche transit systems could lower LAX congestion, increase LA’s ridership

New York. Chicago. San Francisco. Philadelphia. Boston. The densest cities in the U.S. have one thing in common: They all have well-developed public transportation. Then there’s Los Angeles, the second-largest city by population, and perhaps the slowest moving part of southern California. Read more...

Photo: The Los Angeles City Council recently approved a transit project at LAX that will help improve public transportation. However, the council must recognize that this new project may include complications. (Creative Commons photo by Jeff Turner via Flickr)


Clea Wurster: Promoting current efforts will help lessen gender disparity in philosophy department

Last quarter, I made my way across Dickson Court en route to a picturesque bastion of academia: Dodd Hall. I was headed deep within the building, where I would attend my lecture on 20th-century philosophy. Read more...

Photo: UCLA’s philosophy department has a stark gender disparity, with few women occupying faculty positions. The department has made efforts to address this; it just doesn’t publicize them. (Daily Bruin file photo)



Are you there, UCLA? It’s me, Mom: Lactation rooms on campus lack accessibility, locations

Parenting students and faculty on campus are a forgotten constituency. The voices of nursing mothers have been largely ignored by UCLA, heard only by student activist groups. Read more...

Photo: UCLA has 12 lactation rooms for breastfeeding mothers, only five of which are located on the main campus. This means it can be hard for parenting faculty to reach these rooms, such as the one pictured, in between classes. (Liz Ketcham/Daily Bruin)



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