Editor’s Note: The following submission contains strong language. We feel its inclusion is necessary to accurately depict the author’s experience. For a period of five months earlier this year, I received death threats. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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September 28, 12:00 am
Submission: USAC councilmembers must represent student voices
Community
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September 28, 12:00 am
Chloe Lew: More discussion on sexual assault needed to foster conscious community
The last time I had a conversation about alcohol in relation to sexual assault, somebody proposed the following rule of thumb: Drunk boys should just never hook up with drunk girls, and vice versa. Read more...
Opinion
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September 28, 12:00 am
Submission: Liberty-minded students must voice their opinions
The year is beginning and there is a war being waged. It is a war for relevance, war for prosperity and war for freedom. It is a war for electoral seats, but it is also a war of ideas. Read more...
Editorials, Opinion
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September 28, 12:00 am
Editor’s note: The Bruin is open to input from the UCLA community
To the Reader: In the short time that I’ve been an editor for this paper, there has been one ringing criticism that I fear more than any other: We, as editors and writers cloistered here in the windowless rooms of Kerckhoff 118, have lost touch with what people on this campus care about. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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September 24, 12:01 pm
Submission: Divestment ineffective for combating climate change
On Sept. 15, the Daily Bruin published an editorial claiming that divestment is “about furthering a moral goal” and made a populist argument, presented without evidence, that the University of California investment committee is bending to powerful outside interests. Read more...
Editorials, Opinion
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September 15, 3:49 am
Editorial: UC should divest from fossil fuels, commit to sustainability
Divestment at the University of California has a greater meaning than whatever practical effects can be achieved by its implementation. Fundamentally, it’s about furthering a moral goal that is more important in the long term than immediate donations or investment returns. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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September 15, 3:40 am
Natalie Delgadillo: Civility should not enter into the campus discussion about free speech
In the past year, student political life across the University of California has been roiled by deep divisions and rather uncivil conduct between communities, especially regarding divestment. Read more...
Photo: University of California, Berkeley’s Chancellor Nicholas Dirks sent out an email last week on the topic of free speech and civility. Several groups took issue with the way Dirks linked the two topics. (Courtesy of Jennifer Tanji/The Daily Californian)