It’s 3 a.m. and you saunter over to the library’s coffee machine to snag yet another cup of lukewarm, dishwater-tasting coffee and trudge back to your desk. Read more...
Photo: (Juliette Le Saint/Daily Bruin)
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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April 26, 10:58 pm
Pravin Visakan: Removing unfair tampon tax would reduce financial burden on students
Like the children of a warm paternalistic guardian, some Bruins like to regard our state with tender and patriotic feelings. However, like a relative with a dark secret, California has a long history of unfairly extorting “blood money” from some of its citizens: Specifically, it taxes sales of menstrual products and diapers. Read more...
Photo: California Assembly Bill 479, which was introduced last month, would remove the state’s tax on tampons and place a sin tax on alcohol instead. This bill should be supported by students. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Opinion, Podcasts
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April 26, 3:25 pm
Radio: No Offense, But: Luskin and Laces
No Offense is back for yet another week! Chris Campbell, Keshav Tadimeti and Abhishek Shetty kick off this week’s Opinion podcast by discussing the UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center’s predicted financial shortfall and how the center can shore up its business in the coming years. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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April 25, 10:01 pm
Abhishek Shetty: USAC candidates’ sanctuary campus platforms are infeasible
This post was updated on April 25 at 4 p.m. The year is 2018. America is a dumpster fire. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has expanded into an unimaginably large and unchecked network, almost like a secret police. Read more...
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Community, Opinion
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April 25, 9:57 pm
Submission: Students can engage in suicide prevention through advocacy, support
After the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s Out of the Darkness Campus Walk to fight suicide at UCLA on Sunday and Andiver Castellanos’ Daily Bruin column on mental health Monday, it’s more important than ever that students engage mental health and suicide prevention head-on. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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April 24, 9:33 pm
Andiver Castellanos: UCLA must make online mental health module to increase campus dialogue
UCLA administrators and students have put a lot of emphasis on improving professional mental health resources. But students hold a lot of potential to attack mental health issues head-on. Read more...
Photo: UCLA needs to require incoming students complete an online mental health training module to help alleviate high student demand for CAPS. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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April 24, 8:40 pm
Sandra Wenceslao: UCLA Dining should switch to reusable straws for zero waste
Students are never really taught how to protect the future of Earth. At least not at the lunch table. But there’s an inconspicuous agent in each person’s drink, one that’s also one of the most unassuming contributors to landfills: straws. Read more...
Photo: (Noelle Cho/Daily Bruin)