The political climate in California often centers around two things: the economy and education. However, the budget currently pending Gov. Jerry Brown’s signature demonstrates that the legislature fails to understand the connection between the two. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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June 10, 12:00 am
Submission: Student embraces fear to overcome challenges
I came to a roadblock after five great years here at UCLA. I met many people – few of them were real and kept it real. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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June 10, 12:00 am
Alexandre Johnson: Journey really is the best part
Graduation is around the corner, and while it is a grand event full of accolades, it is also an ending. Endings, without fail, show us how successful we were in meeting our objectives and if we stayed on course. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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June 10, 12:00 am
Andra Lim: Seeing the extraordinary in the ordinary
I was voted the Daily Bruin’s most anal retentive staffer at the end of this year. I would be a bit offended, if the title didn’t so obviously suit me. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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June 10, 12:00 am
Submission: Past successes serve as foundation for future endeavors
When looking at history, we can see the power of the student voice, and how it is harnessed in the Undergraduate Students Association Council. We look to the Freedom Riders of the 1960s as an example of UCLA students being heard on a national level. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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June 10, 12:00 am
James Barragan: A dedication to legacy, future
I wrote the personal essay to my college applications about the Wu-Tang Clan’s song “C.R.E.A.M.”
It’s a song about growing up in rough neighborhoods, dealing with gang violence and drugs and thinking that money is the only way out. That song summed up the way many of the kids in my high school seemed to think.
But I wanted something different. I wanted to get an education and change the world. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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June 10, 12:00 am
Serli Polatoglu: Chance saved by dignity
Three years is an oddly indefinable period of time. Some days, my stint at UCLA seemed interminable. Some days, it seemed all too transitory. And now, as I sit here typing up the text that will bear my very last byline in the Daily Bruin, I can’t help but realize that both sentiments, opposing as they may be, are incongruously true. Read more...