If there’s one word I want you to remember after reading this column, it’s disruption. In the technology industry, disruption is a way of life, a lust for innovation, a need for something better. Read more...
Photo: A team works intently on their project in the last 30 minutes of the hackathon. (Tamaryn Kong/Daily Bruin)
Male student government candidates usually don’t have to think twice about their safety while campaigning. Female candidates, on the other hand, face harassment on a regular basis. Read more...
Photo: (Vivian Tong/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Ever since I downloaded Yik Yak, I have been searching for a reason to delete it. In the last few months, “riding the Yak” has become routine for me – partly in search of a laugh, but mostly in search of the one racist, sexist, bigoted or outright hateful post that would be my breaking point. Read more...
As with most other things in life, students only want to do the schoolwork they’re going to get credit for. Which is why academic blogs need to start getting the weight in course grades that they deserve. Read more...
Photo: (Shelby Chan/Daily Bruin)
When organizations fail to adequately police themselves, university administration has a responsibility to step in. Nowhere is that more apparent than in Greek life on campus. Read more...
Photo: (Kimberly Ann Striegel/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Every day, billions of pieces of information are collected on students and used to create intricate profiles on them. Most of these students don’t even have a choice, because they are forced by their schools to use programs that track them. Read more...
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University of California President Janet Napolitano is in quite the predicament. At the UC Board of Regents meeting this month, student protesters disrupted the regents meeting by stripping, shouting and throwing fake money to decry the tuition hike plan. Read more...
Photo: A hot mic caught UC President Janet Napolitano calling a student strip protest “crap” at the Board of Regents meeting this month. After news of her gaffe began to spread, Napolitano apologized to students, saying that she “was caught on the mic with a word that was unfortunate.” (Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin)
