“Give me your tired, your poor, / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,” reads the poem engraved on the Statue of Liberty. Unless, of course, the huddled masses are undocumented immigrants, legal immigrants — or more recently, nonimmigrant international students. Read more...
Editorials, Opinion
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July 6, 4:35 pm
Editorial: UCLA must divest from UCPD, LAPD to stop perpetuating problematic systems
Campus leaders have spoken: defunding and divesting from law enforcement are the only real options. George Floyd’s death while in custody of the Minneapolis police in May sparked nationwide protests against racial injustice, including one at UCLA. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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July 5, 12:15 pm
Columns From Quarantine: Despite physical distance, I hope these shared narratives have championed unity
The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically upended life in the most unforeseeable ways. At UCLA, our community has been 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: (Photo collage by Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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June 29, 9:23 pm
Opinion: CAPS must simplify intake process, do more to improve accessibility for all students
On the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website, you will find many tabs under “Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).” These include symptoms, testing, ways to prevent getting sick and more to help Americans care for their physical health. Read more...
Photo: (Alice Zhang/Daily Bruin)
Editorials, Opinion
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June 29, 8:23 pm
Editorial: UCLA funding a Black Resource Center shows student activism works, must go further
UCLA’s campus was virtually devoid of activity for the first nine weeks of spring quarter. Then, during week 10, hundreds of students gathered in front of Royce Hall to protest police brutality. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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June 21, 5:36 pm
Columns from Quarantine: Living with diabetes makes isolation complicated, sparks feelings of frustration
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: Opinion columnist Sophia Kloster details her struggles with living through the COVID-19 pandemic as a Type 1 diabetic. (courtesy of Sophia Kloster)