Divestment, a branch of the global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, takes the spotlight once again as we begin a new year at UCLA. Last year, the issue was voted down, but it still left our campus polarized. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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November 14, 12:37 am
Submission: New divestment resolution does not warrant USAC vote
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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November 14, 12:27 am
Submission: USAC needs to make right choice by voting to divest
Dear Undergraduate Students Association Council, By now, you have had a chance to engage with Palestinian students and Students for Justice in Palestine members through individual meetings, teach-ins, Palestine Awareness Week activities and Monday’s divestment town hall meeting, which was attended by about 100 students. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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November 14, 12:16 am
Kunal Patel: California needs to address gap in education opportunity
When I was a first-year, I covered the Occupy protests that shut down Wilshire Boulevard. One of the prevailing themes of those protests was the disparity in the opportunities accessible to different socio-economic classes. Read more...
Photo: Shelby Chan/Daily Bruin
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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November 13, 12:28 am
Chloe Lew: Students studying abroad need hands-on experience to ensure safety
Truth be told, I had no idea what I was getting myself into when I signed up to study abroad this past summer. I didn’t check for travel warnings, and reading the safety guidelines provided by the study abroad office only caused me stress. Read more...
Photo: Vivian Tong/Daily Bruin senior staff
Editorials, Opinion
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November 13, 12:18 am
Editorial: New Title IX officer must take charge to improve policy, procedures
UCLA is at the precipice of an opportunity to either take a step toward better sexual assault policies and procedures or fall back into its past habits of noncompliance and complacency with the status quo. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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November 12, 6:10 am
Submission: State, administrators responsible for protecting affordability of UC
The rising cost of higher education is about to hit us all as students at the University of California. UC President Janet Napolitano proposed a plan last week to enact an up to 5 percent tuition increase annually for the next five years that will be felt across our student population, including undergraduate, graduate and professional students. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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November 12, 6:08 am
Travis Fife: Lack of transparency in proposed tuition plan leaves students in dark
University of California President Janet Napolitano and Gov. Jerry Brown are engaged in a chess match for funding and have taken to using students as pawns. Read more...