UCLA was unprepared when a murder-suicide in June led people to believe there was an active shooter on campus. Instructors and students couldn’t lock doors, weren’t sure what to do and some ended up spreading false information. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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October 21, 11:10 am
Submission: TGIF funds support student innovation, sustainability for UCLA
The Daily Bruin published an opinion column regarding the efforts by the USAC Facilities commission to implement an expansion of the solar-powered umbrella charging project. While we appreciate the attention given to the project and take into consideration the concerns outlined, we believe that the article exhibits a misunderstanding of not only The Green Initiative Fund, but of sustainability initiatives on campus in general, leading to an unfortunate misrepresentation of this project. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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October 20, 10:41 pm
Aaron Julian: City officials should use traffic violations for safety, not revenue
I went to high school in the heart of Washington, D.C. and admittedly, I jaywalked many times in one of the most secure and heavily policed cities in the world. Read more...
Photo: Noelle Cho/Daily Bruin
Opinion, Podcasts
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October 20, 3:13 pm
No Offense, But Art and Pasta
The Daily Bruin’s weekly opinion podcast is back once more with Opinion editor Chris Campbell and assistant Opinion editor Keshav Tadimeti. First, they talk about the grand opening of the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center – the swankiest hotel at UCLA. Read more...
Cartoons, Opinion
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October 20, 11:17 am
Editorial Cartoon: Doing my job
Photo: Rachel Tat/Daily Bruin
Editorials, Opinion
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October 20, 10:36 am
Editorial: Mobile app shouldn’t be pursued as the only solution without more data
Mobile apps can’t solve everything. And an undergraduate student government commission’s proposal to connect a late-night van service to students’ phones shows that technology can make problem-solving more complicated than it has to be, especially when there’s uncertainty about what the problem actually is. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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October 20, 10:26 am
Chris Campbell: Mike Pence must be held accountable for role in Donald Trump’s campaign
Although last night’s presidential debate had not yet happened as I’m writing this column, I can already tell you what happened: Republican nominee Donald Trump dodged the questions he was asked and instead recited some lines taken out of a conspiracy theorist’s Mad Libs, exciting his supporters and further alienating everyone else. Read more...
Photo: (Creative Commons photo by Gage Skidmore via Flickr)