If there’s anything I’ve learned from watching student government, it’s that rational, respectful conversations about opposing viewpoints are always to be hoped for and rarely to be had. Read more...
Photo: Avi Oved stands before a crowd after winning the race for the Undergraduate Students Association Council internal vice president in 2013. Oved has recently come under fire for allegations of a conflict of interest. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Something has been gnawing at me about the latest installment of the World Cup and it isn’t Luis Suárez: It’s racism. The ugliness of the “beautiful game” is no secret. Read more...
Well that sucked. Before the tournament started, the U.S. men’s national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann said that to win the World Cup, his players would need to play the game of their lives for seven games. Read more...
On June 24, while the California state auditor was giving UCLA and three other state universities a string of criticisms about the inadequacy of sexual assault education on campus, I was at the movies. Read more...
The original version of this article contained information that was unclear and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for more information. A recent state audit confirmed what many UCLA students already know: The university needs to do more to train its faculty and staff on how to handle incidents of sexual assault. Read more...
The state of California has finally taken notice of several universities’ inadequate sexual assault and sexual harassment policies. UCLA was among four California schools that received recommendations for improvement from a state auditor and should immediately take small, tangible steps to address its shortcomings. Read more...
Photo: (Kimberly Ann Striegel/Daily Bruin)
I was dismayed to read reports of a so-called “ethics pledge,” circulated during the Undergraduate Students Association Council election, which sought to pressure candidates for student government office to promise they would not take educational trips to Israel offered by some of the most well-regarded Jewish community organizations in the country. Read more...
