Los Angeles has one of the highest concentrations of homeless people in the United States, rising 12 percent over the last two years. Westwood community leaders need to take heed of the systemic issues that cause homelessness and treat the approximately 60 neighborhood residents living on the streets as human beings rather than as problems that need to be expelled. Read more...
Editorials, Opinion
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May 21, 1:09 am
Editorial: Westwood Neighborhood Council must recognize rights of the homeless
Community, Opinion
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May 20, 12:14 am
Submission: UC must protect Jewish students, combat anti-Semitism
Dear President Napolitano and the University of California Board of Regents, We are 521 University of California alumni who are deeply concerned about the safety of Jewish students at our alma mater. Read more...
Photo: (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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May 20, 12:12 am
Casey Kovarik: High stakes exams jeopardize student learning
There is a need for a refocusing of undergraduate education away from grades and tests toward learning. Education in primary school, secondary school and undergraduate programs emphasizes assessments and ranking of students to the detriment of learning. Read more...
Photo: (Shelby Chan/Daily Bruin)
Community, Opinion
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May 19, 12:37 am
Submission: UCLA must raise voice for implementation of bike lanes in Westwood
Let’s be honest: At this point, not much more needs to be said about the merit of putting a bike lane on Westwood Boulevard through the village. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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May 19, 12:00 am
Ara Shirinian: California budget revision would compromise quality of UC education
If the secret to good magic is misdirection, then Gov. Jerry Brown might soon be the next David Copperfield. On Thursday, Brown and University of California President Janet Napolitano announced a budget and tuition agreement as part of California’s May budget revision that will freeze tuition for the next two years for residents. Read more...
Photo: (Yanna Lee/Daily Bruin)
Community, Opinion
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May 18, 1:53 am
Submission: SJP invites UCLA community to learn about Nakba, its consequences
It happens like clockwork. Though they may live anywhere from the United States to Chile, Lebanon to France, or Canada to Syria, when Palestinians in exile first meet, it is common for one to ask where the other is from in Palestine. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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May 18, 1:50 am
Arthur Wang: ‘Bloody Thursday’ defines lack of dialogue between UC, students
All of us cheered when Gov. Jerry Brown struck a “historic” deal with the University of California and its president, Janet Napolitano, freezing tuition increases for two years and promising annual 4 percent budgetary increases over the next four. Read more...
Photo: UCLA students occupied Murphy Hall to remember a student who died when the National Guard shot at a crowd of activists at UC Berkeley. (Daily Bruin file photo)