UCLA’s student government has taken steps to elevate underrepresented voices. And frankly, it’s more than the University of California could be doing. The Undergraduate Students Association Council Office of the President announced a new Congressional Advisory Board composed of student organizations and advocacy groups to review USAC’s surplus allocations, introduce joint resolutions with the council and address USAC on issues concerning its member organizations. Read more...
Editorials, Opinion
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September 3, 3:50 pm
Editorial: UCLA must support divestment board over Public Safety Advisory Council
UCLA’s projected plan to increase its UCPD budget by more than $500,000 this year despite clear opposing demands from students defies logic. This increased funding comes amid protests calling to defund police over numerous complaints of police use of force against people of color, calls to increase funds for community programs, about $1.8 billion in revenue loss as of July to the University of California because of COVID-19 and a pandemic that will limit the number of students on campus. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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September 3, 2:41 pm
Opinion: UCLA must take into account needs of parenting and graduate students, freeze rent
This post was updated Sept. 7 at 11:15 p.m. UCLA-affiliated researchers may be pressuring the city to expand tenant protections, but students in graduate and family housing should not expect the university to take its own faculty’s advice. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Housing should immediately impose a rent freeze for students in family and graduate housing. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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September 2, 5:55 pm
In My Words: Exploring white privilege and identity within my multiracial family
The COVID-19 pandemic and national demonstrations against the deaths of Black Americans have shed light on the brutal manifestations of systemic racism. Across humanity’s collective history, stories have elevated marginalized voices and breathed life into once broken structures. Read more...
Photo: Quad contributor Maya Harris explores her understanding of white privilege – and what it means for someone with a multiracial heritage. Harris (right) is pictured here with her family. (Courtesy of Maya Harris)
Cartoons
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August 31, 5:44 pm
Editorial Cartoon: An empty campus gives way to a new student body
Caption by Chandler Kyle, fourth year Egyptology student. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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August 27, 3:58 pm
Opinion: UCLA must require African American studies course to bolster students’ education
History holds the answers to our current and future problems. In order to prevent the harrowing parts from repeating, we must learn about them and actively enact change. Read more...
Photo: (Andrea Grigsby/Cartoons director)
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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August 24, 7:24 pm
Opinion: Funding cuts for BEST program show UCLA’s lack of support for students activists
If there’s one thing UCLA administration does, it’s talk. But when it comes to following through, it seems content to do nothing. Back in February, Jerry Kang, then-vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion, cut funding for the Bruin Excellence & Student Transformation Grant Program. Read more...
Photo: (Ben Brill/Graphics editor)