Broadcasting live from the UCLA Radio studio, we’re opining over not one, but two topics this week. First, how can Los Angeles solve its severe housing shortage? Read more...
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Opinion, Opinion Columns
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April 13, 12:00 am
Jonathan Friedland: Reducing food waste at dining halls key to greater sustainability
UCLA has some of the best college food in the country, but 50 tons of it is thrown out every month. In other words, UCLA wastes about two-thirds the weight of the retired Space Shuttle in food monthly. Read more...
Photo: (Kelly Brennan/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Community, Opinion
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April 13, 12:00 am
Submission: Attacks on GSA president amount to persecution and are not based in fact
A witch hunt is underway at UCLA. Milan Chatterjee, president of the Graduate Students Association, is its victim. Chatterjee asserted GSA neutrality on the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions, or BDS, movement – a policy adopted by a unanimous vote of the GSA Cabinet – and would not endorse the BDS movement against Israel. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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April 12, 12:00 am
Chris Campbell: LA must rezone in order to add housing, accommodate homeless people
Los Angeles’ moniker as the homeless capital of America has hung over its head for decades. But now, there may be a narrow path the city can take to remedy that. Read more...
Photo: (Kelly Brennan/ Daily Bruin senior staff)
Opinion
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April 12, 12:00 am
Abishek Shetty: Panama Papers shed light on problems of tax evasion within the US
Mention tax evasion and immediately a number of small countries spring to mind – Panama, Switzerland, Bermuda and other island countries. You’d be forgiven for not including locations closer to home, such as Delaware and Wyoming, in that list. Read more...
Photo: Elk aren’t the only ones finding refuge in Wyoming – the equality state also shelters wealthy individuals eager to evade income taxes. (Creative Commons by Charles Peterson via Flickr)
Cartoons, Opinion
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April 11, 1:34 pm
Editorial Cartoon: Minimizing sense, maximizing wages
Minimizing sense, maximizing wages Read more...
Photo: (Cornelius Robbins/Bruin contributor)
Community, Opinion
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April 10, 11:25 pm
Submission: Hormel Foods should end unsafe pig slaughtering practices
Jeffrey Ettinger, the current CEO and chairman of the board of Hormel Foods was on campus last week to speak to law students for a Distinguished Alumni Lecture. Read more...