In the coming weeks, the UCLA’s Undergraduate Students Association Council will be voting on a resolution calling on the UC Board of Regents to withdraw its investments from five companies directly complicit in and profiting from, violations of human rights and international law in the Palestinian territories, occupied by Israel since 1967. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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February 19, 12:00 am
Submission: USAC divestment resolution relevant to entire student body
Community, Opinion
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February 19, 12:00 am
Submission: UCLA must enact policies to improve campus climate
On Feb. 5, students learned of a racist and misogynistic flier that was mailed to the UCLA Asian American Studies Center. On Feb. 6, students were notified of an anonymous flier mailed to the USC Asian Pacific American Student Services, the very same one that the AASC received.While the flier itself was already disturbing, this incident was a symptom of a larger issue at hand: the hostile campus climate that exists here at UCLA. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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February 18, 12:00 am
Aram Ghoogasian: USAC Finance Committee requires change
It’s hard enough to hold elected officials accountable for their decisions. But when members of government are appointed, rather than elected, accountability becomes all the more difficult. Read more...
Photo: Victoria Chang/Daily Bruin
Community, Opinion
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February 14, 8:48 pm
Submission: Flier incident reaffirms need to promote diversity at UCLA
We would like to comment on the anonymous flier mailed to the Asian American Studies Center on Feb. 5. It is most accurately described as a nonsensical “collage of sexist slurs and racist epithets,” as the Asian Pacific Coalition at UCLA responded last week. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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February 14, 12:00 am
Natalie Delgadillo: Changing college dating culture has its share of benefits
I was with my last boyfriend for seven years. The word “last” is in fact misleading – “only” is more accurate. We were together from the awkward and gangly days of 13 to the scary world of impending adulthood at 20. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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February 14, 12:00 am
Submission: True love extends beyond romance, encompasses friendship
Growing up with Disney princess movies, I often discredited “love” stories as ridiculous obsessions with knights in shining armor. While these films provided entertainment, they rarely ever presented a story that could actually play out in my life (most likely due to the lack of suitable horses in Los Angeles). Read more...
