On Wednesday, April 29, multiple self-made stickers were placed on UCLA’s Afrikan Student Union’s bulletin board outside of our office in Kerckhoff 322. On the stickers was an image of a police officer with the caption above stating “Stop whining and start following the goddamn law!” Other self-made stickers with similar messages have appeared throughout the university – specifically found in locations known to be safe and familiar to Black students, including near the Academic Advancement Program building that historically has worked to serve underserved, underrepresented students. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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May 8, 3:04 am
Submission: UCLA needs to publicly condemn acts of racism
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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May 8, 2:59 am
Shani Shahmoon: SCR 35 should not use broad definition of anti-Semitism
Anti-Semitism has a broad impact on college campuses, but when it comes to defining the issue, broader is not better. In late March, Senate Concurrent Resolution 35 was introduced by several senators to approach anti-Semitism issues on University of California campuses. Read more...
Photo: (Bijun Liang/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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May 7, 1:18 am
Casey Kovarik: Water conservation efforts require off-campus expansion, education
Conservation efforts affect everyone, yet efforts to make changes are limited at UCLA. UCLA set goals to reduce water use on campus by 20 percent by 2020 based on 1999 to 2001 levels. Read more...
Photo: (Victoria Chang/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Editorials, Opinion
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May 7, 1:15 am
Editorial: Administration responsible for addressing racist stickers in time
Administrators’ response to a recent targeted attack against a campus community has been disappointingly neutral and failed to take advantage of an opportunity to address problems concerning race on campus. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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May 6, 12:25 am
Letter to the Editor: Hypocrisy should be avoided when addressing terrorism
Dear editor, Your April 30 article reported that former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton, in a campus lecture, criticized the United Nations for failing to “urgently confront terrorism after the Pan Am 103 bombing.” Indeed, the Dec. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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May 6, 12:23 am
Letter to the Editor: Bruins should debate complex issues with empathy, sensitivity
May 4, 2015 To the Daily Bruin editor: Last week, in the midst of the Baltimore protests, several inflammatory stickers appeared on campus, including two posted on the door of the Afrikan Student Union. Read more...
Opinion Columns
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May 6, 12:21 am
Zoey Freedman: UCLA must do more to ensure students know their Title IX rights
Title IX is the University of California’s best-kept secret that everyone should know about. The UC is in the process of finalizing much-needed revisions to its sexual harassment and sexual violence policies, including requiring faculty, staff and students to receive more specialized training to recognize and understand all types of trauma and appropriately deal with sexual misconduct on campus. Read more...