At the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, master of urban and regional planning students are banned from participating in their cohort’s commencement ceremony unless all degree requirements have been completed in their entirety. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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May 15, 1:01 am
Submission: Department of Urban Planning must let all students walk at graduation
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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May 15, 1:00 am
Aram Ghoogasian: Nakba should be acknowledged while discussing Israel
For many Palestinians, today doesn’t mark 67 years since the Nakba, but rather 67 years of the Nakba. In 1948, an estimated 700,000 Palestinians were expelled from their homeland in what Palestinians call the Nakba, or “catastrophe,” that gave birth to the State of Israel. Read more...
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Editorials, Opinion
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May 14, 2:23 am
Editorial: Napolitano responsible for responding to undocumented students’ demands
On the first day of the University of California summit on undocumented students last week, UC President Janet Napolitano’s opening address was cut short when a cadre of undocumented students in the audience rose from their chairs, fists in the air, and demanded recognition and restitution from a president they have never trusted. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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May 14, 2:21 am
Kunal Patel: Current UCLA outreach program inadequately serves women engineers
For as much effort as UCLA has put toward increasing its undergraduate diversity through outreach programs, one group of individuals – women in engineering – is consistently overlooked. Read more...
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Opinion
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May 13, 12:25 am
Ara Shirinian: NASA needs to focus on climate change research
Congressional Republicans either don’t know anything about science, or just pretend not to know. I think it’s the former, but either way, we’re all going to be left high and dry if some sanity isn’t brought back to Washington. Read more...
Opinion
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May 13, 12:17 am
Travis Fife: I Heart UCLA Week falls short in addressing campus climate issues
I love 8-clapping as much as the next person, but school spirit can only get you so far. This week marks the sixth rendition of I Heart UCLA Week put on by the Student Alumni Association, and recognizing the limits of school pride is a lesson SAA can take to heart. Read more...
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Community, Opinion
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May 12, 12:29 am
Submission: State should prioritize students, reinvest in higher education
Editor’s Note: A truncated version of this submission was first published by The Sacramento Bee. It has been edited for Daily Bruin style and reprinted below. Read more...