Opinion, Opinion Columns
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May 26, 6:51 pm
With DACA threatened, UCLA’s undocumented student population deserves better
Many factors pose barriers between college students and their education – social life, financial status and health issues, just to name a few. But for the 600 to 700 undocumented students at UCLA, there is another worry they must add to this list – their futures in the United States. Read more...
Photo: (Emily Dembinski/Daily Bruin)
Editorials, Opinion
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May 26, 6:37 pm
Editorial: There’s no point investing scarce UC resources designing another standardized test
After years of talk, the University of California finally threw out the ACT and SAT from admissions. But standardized testing isn’t going anywhere if the UC can help it. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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May 25, 5:25 pm
Letter to the editor: Daily Bruin Editorial Board fails to appropriately evaluate CUB referendum
This post was updated May 25 at 7:10 p.m. Old habits die hard. The 2019-2020 Daily Bruin Editorial Board’s recent piece claimed that the Cultivating Unity for Bruins Referendum’s failure resulted from “nothing more” than students’ financial concerns during this pandemic. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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May 22, 4:46 pm
Frivolous spending of fees points to institutional issues in student government
Once Bruins hand over their annual fees to the Undergraduate Students Association Council, they have no say over where that money goes. And neither does USAC. Read more...
Photo: The Undergraduate Students Association Elections Board’s $15,000 dollar expenditure on gift cards to boost voter turnout for the recent USAC elections is a frivolous waste of money that could have gone into helping students during this difficult time. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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May 22, 2:22 pm
Columns From Quarantine: Reimagining a final quarter dedicated to helping those with leukemia, lymphoma
The coronavirus pandemic has drastically upended life in the most unforeseeable ways. At UCLA, our community is remarkably united by similar feelings of loss, confusion and concern, but also by light, hope and the perspective that the pandemic has brought to the forefront. Read more...
Photo: For fourth-year student Abraham Chorbajian, the final chapter of his undergraduate experience revolved around a cancer fundraising effort that was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. (courtesy of Andrew Nguyen)
