On a particularly busy Sunday, the University of California Student Association passed two different divestment resolutions. One resolution recommended divestment from certain companies that profit from alleged human rights violations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in a nod to the larger campaign that has been sweeping across the UC. Read more...
Editorials, Opinion
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February 12, 12:00 am
Editorial: UCSA resolution misses point of using divestment as tool for activism
Editorials, Opinion
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February 12, 12:00 am
Editorial: Objections to USAC Judicial Board appointment discriminatory
Religious affiliations and ethnic identity should not and do not disqualify someone from being an effective judge. And yet, at Tuesday night’s Undergraduate Students Association Council meeting, that’s exactly what councilmembers were arguing. Read more...
Community, Video
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February 11, 12:28 am
Bruins on the Street: Street lighting in North Village
Walking through North Village in Westwood at night can be an issue for some students due to the lack of street lighting. We asked a few students to share their thoughts on street lighting in North Village and how it affects their sense of safety. Read more...
Photo: (Emily Johnson/Daily Bruin)
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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February 11, 12:20 am
Kunal Patel: Vaccination for HPV critical for college students
As California is gripped by a sudden spike in cases of measles, conversations about the importance of vaccination abound. But there’s one specific type of infection – and corresponding vaccination – that is largely ignored in the conversation about immunization, even while it bears critical importance for the college-aged population: human papillomavirus. Read more...
Photo: (Evan English/Daily Bruin)
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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February 11, 12:07 am
Shani Shahmoon: Creation of online open courses could reconnect alumni to UCLA
By creating and subsidizing online courses for alumni, UCLA can redefine what it means to be part of the Bruin family. Starting in 2012, Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology collaborated to create a nonprofit, Massive Open Online Course program called “edX,” which provides free online courses for alumni at their alma maters. Read more...
Photo: (Kimberly Ann Striegel/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Community, Opinion
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February 11, 12:00 am
Submission: Anti-divestment groups resort to personal attacks in lieu of logical argument
The Daily Bruin ran two op-eds Friday in the run-up to the landmark University of California Student Association vote in favor of divesting UC funds from companies enabling Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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February 10, 1:22 am
Aram Ghoogasian: Slates must enforce inclusiveness of open application process
It’s one thing to say a process is inclusive. It’s another to make it so. The latter is going be the difficult part for the Undergraduate Students Association Council as May elections approach. Read more...