By Kevin Williams On July 15, Councilman Jack Weiss had a Viewpoint piece published in the Daily Bruin in which he attempted to convince the UCLA community of the evils of the Valley/Hollywood secession movement with misinformation and semantic dribble. Read more...

Michelle Singer Click Here for more articles by Michelle Singer   The concept of a program assistant on residence hall floors is an excellent one. But as with many other good ideas, incoming freshmen should know it does not live up to its expectations. Read more...

By Matthew Knee Recently, the Daily Bruin published a misinformed editorial advocating the University of California Regents divest from all corporations with investments in Israel. The Bruin put forth a flawed argument to support an already indefensible petition advocating one-sided economic warfare and ignoring the dualities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Read more...

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EDITORIAL BOARD Editor in Chief  Cuauhtemoc Ortega Managing Editor  Corey McEleney Viewpoint Editor  Cody Cass News Editor  Kelly Rayburn Staff Representatives  Edward Chiao Amy Frye Derek Lazzaro Robert Salonga Amanda Schapel   Unsigned editorials represent a majority opinion of the Daily Bruin Editorial Board. Read more...

Divestment would punish wrong side As a UCLA alumnus, I read with great concern the July 8 Daily Bruin editorial “UC must respect human rights, divest” and the “Special Letter from the Editor” that followed on July 15. Read more...

Reform needed to end police brutality The ire raised by the beating of 16-year-old Donovan Jackson by officers from the Inglewood Police Department on July 6 is another turn in a cycle of intermittent awareness of police brutality. Read more...