Something is rotten in the state of France. Presidential elections are scheduled for Sunday, and given that no single candidate will obtain more than 50% of the vote on that date, there will be a run-off election two weeks later between the two leading candidates. Read more...
Editorials, Opinion
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April 6, 10:02 pm
2022 GSA Elections: Daily Bruin Editorial Board candidate endorsements
This post was updated April 7 at 12:41 a.m. Voting for Graduate Students Association elections has begun. The GSA is a body of elected student leaders who advocate for the well-being of graduate and professional students at UCLA. Read more...
Photo: The Editorial Board endorses Donald Zelaya (top left) for Graduate Students Association president, Adejah Taylor (top right) for GSA vice president of Internal Affairs, Ernesto Arciniega (bottom left) for GSA vice president of External Affairs, and Candace Wang (bottom right) for GSA vice president of Academic Affairs. (Courtesy of GSA Elections Board)
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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April 5, 4:00 pm
Opinion: UCLA must support, protect Asian students amid worsening discrimination
This post was updated April 10 at 8:54 p.m. At a university nationally praised for its leadership in social and progressive realms, passively reacting to the threat of racially motivated violence should not be allowed. Read more...
Photo: (Isabella Lee/Daily Bruin)
Community, Opinion
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April 3, 8:45 pm
Op-ed: Health care sector requires better environmental approach amid climate crisis
“I should recycle this.” This is a recurring thought I have when cleaning the patient rooms in the clinic I joined this year. It doesn’t have a recycling system, which means the recyclable boxes I collect become trash. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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April 1, 4:36 pm
Op-ed: USAC struggles with partisan politics despite diverse membership
This post was updated April 3 at 8:33 p.m. One of the most defining moments of my college career happened last spring when I won a very tough election to become one of UCLA’s Undergraduate Students Association Council’s general representatives. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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March 30, 10:03 pm
Op-ed: UCLA must implement CRT course requirement for public policy master’s students
In June 2020, UCLA Chancellor Gene Block and then-Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Emily Carter penned a letter to the UCLA community amid a national call for racial justice after the viral modern-day lynching of George Floyd. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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March 27, 10:19 pm
Opinion: Workers get left behind as fast food companies look to protect the bottom line
Twice this January, I received calls informing me that I had been exposed to the coronavirus while working at Chipotle Mexican Grill. Unless I received an additional call from upper management, I was told I could return to work for my next scheduled shift – as long as I felt comfortable doing so. Read more...
Photo: Customers eat inside of an In-N-Out Burger. Given the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic, workers at fast food restaurants such as In-N-Out deserve higher wages, better protection and greater representation in decision-making spaces. (Kaiya Pomeroy-Tso/Daily Bruin senior staff)