Some state legislators and student leaders called a University of California advertising campaign “tone-deaf” and accused the University of a “cover-up” after they learned that the UC spent $158,000 on online ads and radio time promoting its good practices. Read more...
Editorials, Opinion
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July 3, 9:44 pm
Editorial: UC publicity campaign countering state audit unnecessary, misguided
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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July 3, 9:43 pm
Guillaume Kosmala: Global cooperation needed to combat inequality, improve workers’ lives
Both Brexit and Donald Trump are examples of a gross misunderstanding of the neoliberal, globalized world we live in, and they will only make things worse for the common man. Read more...
Photo: (Creative Common by Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia)
Community, Opinion
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July 2, 3:10 pm
Submission: Young progressives should learn from Brexit to prevent Trump victory
The referendum on June 23 gave Britons an opportunity to kick the political establishment, and they took it. The United Kingdom will now exit the European Union. Read more...
Editorials, Opinion
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June 26, 8:45 pm
Editorial: Westwood Village crown jewel building not meeting full potential
The oldest building in Westwood Village is showing its age. When the Janss Investment Company Building on the corner of Westwood Boulevard and Kinross Avenue was completed in 1929, it was the first building in Westwood Village. Read more...
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Community, Opinion
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June 26, 8:44 pm
Keshav Tadimeti: Administration should improve communication with undergraduates
For the record, in my one year at UCLA I have only ever seen one of the Murphy Hall tenants in person. Actually, make that two: I not only had the good fortune of listening to Vice Chancellor Jerry Kang during the fall 2015 Diversity Caucus, but I also got to witness Chancellor Gene Block walk across Bruin Plaza while busily looking at his phone. Read more...
Photo: (Harishwer Balasubramani/Daily Bruin)
Community, Opinion
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June 23, 3:28 pm
Submission: As public transit moves forward, remember bus is no substitute for rail
The Expo Line’s opening marks the end not only of UCLA’s transit isolation from the rest of the city, but of LA’s era of being made to put up with transit half-measures. Read more...
Editorials, Opinion
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June 19, 9:52 pm
Editorial: Incentivized state funding fails to address dependence on nonresidents
State legislators passed a budget Wednesday incentivizing the University of California to stall the trend of increasing nonresident enrollment. The state will allocate an additional $18.5 million to the University if it enrolls an additional 2,500 California residents for the 2017-2018 academic year and institutes a formal enrollment cap on nonresident students. Read more...