Editor’s note: Editorials do not represent the Daily Bruin as a whole. The board encourages readers to respond to our editorials at dailybruin.com/submit. Opposition to systemic misogyny and state repression in Iran has provoked profound civil unrest and a growing women-centered political movement. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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October 25, 8:22 pm
Opinion: Biden’s visits to Westwood, Brentwood highlight need for campaign finance reform
Biden’s recent Los Angeles visit was full of stops showing he cared about ordinary Americans. He spoke about public transportation, gave a speech on lowering the cost of health care and even stopped by Tacos 1986. Read more...
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Opinion, Opinion Columns
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October 25, 8:17 pm
Opinion: UCLA’s use of Detect raises freedom of expression concern
This post was updated Nov. 5 at 11:07 p.m. A new and shocking report revealed UCLA has been secretly surveilling its students’ activities online. The report, released by The Dallas Morning News, tracked universities’ use of Detect, previously named Social Sentinel, to obtain information from students’ social media accounts. Read more...
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Opinion, Opinion Columns
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October 23, 8:20 pm
Opinion: Bruins, make your voices heard by voting in midterm elections by Nov. 8
When I was 13 years old – during the 2016 presidential election – I wondered how important an individual vote could be in a nation of hundreds of millions of registered voters. Read more...
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Opinion, Opinion Columns
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October 20, 11:18 pm
The Black Bruin Experience: UCLA must help support Black students’ mental health
“The Black Bruin Experience” is a series by assistant Opinion editor Laila Wheeler, a second-year public affairs and sociology student. As a Black student at UCLA, she will be exploring a variety of Black issues, from institutional racism to anti-Blackness to the everyday experiences of being Black in the higher education system. Read more...
Photo: A mural at the Black Bruin Resource Center is pictured. Black Bruins often — but shouldn’t have to — feel like they don’t belong at UCLA, an institution with a high white student population. Black students deserve to feel welcomed, embraced and celebrated at UCLA.
