While the state's recently passed "Student Athlete Bill of Rights" establishes some much-needed guidelines for how student-athletes should be treated, the scope of the legislation is not great enough to enact actual change. Read more...
Editorials, Opinion
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October 7, 11:37 pm
Editorial: Athletes’ bill of rights fails to include full spectrum of student-athletes
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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October 4, 10:21 pm
Eitan Arom: Students can upset media’s pull over politics with technology
During Wednesday night's presidential debate, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney inspired the country by bridging the partisan divide to say, "Shut up, Jim Lehrer." Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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October 4, 10:12 pm
Maia Ferdman: Students must actively seek truth in debate
With the first presidential debate complete, the election season has reached its home stretch. Yet clouds of fancy political advertising, highly coordinated campaign speeches and blips of political rhetoric still linger in the air like bad Los Angeles smog. Read more...
Opinion
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October 4, 11:15 am
Speaks Out: Alcohol licensing in Westwood
UCLA students were asked whether alcohol licensing for Westwood businesses should be made lenient and why. Read more...
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Alexx Robles
Editorials, Opinion
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October 4, 1:17 am
Editorial: Election Board chair should be appointed in timely manner
The undergraduate student government has failed, once again, to appoint an Election Board chair in a manner consistent with its bylaws. According to Undergraduate Students Association Council bylaws, an Election Board chair "“ who oversees student government elections "“ must be appointed before the first week of fall quarter. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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October 4, 1:16 am
Kunal Patel: Recent cut prevents California NanoSystems Institute from continuing vital outreach programs
The California NanoSystems Institute is losing millions from its budget "“ and unfortunately, in the aftermath of this cut, the research facility's funding model can no longer support most of its valuable outreach programs within the Los Angeles community. Read more...
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The California NanoSystems Institute in the Court of Sciences lost $3 million, a sizable chunk of its budget, after its temporary three-year funding agreement at UCLA expired this summer. Now, the institute will only receive and $800,000 operating budget from UCLA. As one of the consequences, the institute will have to reduce its community outreach programs.
Opinion
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October 3, 1:08 am
Submission: UCLA should install more hydration stations to promote reusable water bottles
Forty-seven million gallons of oil are used each year to produce single-use water bottles, according to UCLA Sustainability's "The Case for Reusable Water Bottles." Read more...