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April 8, 2021 2:18 p.m.Editorial: Police treatment of students after Final Four loss spotlights racial disparities
This post was updated April 11 at 7:59 p.m.
Note: Editorials are intended to serve as the jumping point, and not the conclusion, to discussion. As part of the Daily Bruin’s commitment to its readers, the board hopes to present a responsible and clear analysis of relevant events and news items affecting the lives of those we serve, but our editorials are not representative of the Daily Bruin’s views on issues as a whole.
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April 6, 2021 8:22 a.m.2021 GSA Elections: Daily Bruin Editorial Board candidate endorsements
Every year, the Graduate Students Association holds a spring quarter election for four executive officer positions that aim to best represent the interests, needs and concerns of UCLA’s graduate student body.
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March 29, 2021 10:26 a.m.Editorial: Controversial USAC divestment resolution reflects importance of transparency
Transparency promotes accountability.
It’s a sentiment that’s often shared by both members of the Undergraduate Students Association Council and its critics.
Most recently, various Jewish and pro-Israel student organizations raised concerns about USAC’s transparency following the council’s approval of a resolution that called for the University of California to divest from businesses that contribute to global military operations.
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March 8, 2021 6:36 p.m.Editorial: UCLA Health must be more transparent following termination of nurse midwives
It would ideally go without saying: UCLA should not harm the financial stability of its health care workers during the worst pandemic in a century.
Today, though, the editorial board writes in response to just that.
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Feb. 22, 2021 2:41 p.m.Editorial: True Bruin Values must be upheld in the face of Christian Secor’s hateful rhetoric
A UCLA student made national news this week for his involvement in the insurrection at the United States Capitol on Jan. 6.
To many Bruins, Christian Secor’s involvement in the insurrection – and subsequent arrest by the FBI at his Costa Mesa home Tuesday – was no surprise.
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Feb. 18, 2021 5:15 p.m.Editorial: Environmental sustainability efforts should be supported, acknowledged
During times like these, it can be hard to keep up with looming existential crises.
Still, the threats don’t stop being existential.
Just a few months ago, wildfires left behind trails of destruction all throughout California.
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Feb. 15, 2021 5:40 p.m.Editorial: More accessible USAC election offers opportunity for more students to run, vote
Talk is cheap.
And there’s nothing new about students complaining about the Undergraduate Students Association Council.
While it isn’t often that students have the chance to take action on their criticisms, the upcoming spring USAC election offers just that.
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Feb. 9, 2021 3:36 p.m.Editorial: Burmese students will need continued support in light of Myanmar crisis
Overnight, democracy was toppled.
On Feb. 1, democratically elected members of Myanmar’s ruling party were deposed by the country’s military, which seized control of the nation and declared a yearlong state of emergency.
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Feb. 4, 2021 2:16 p.m.Editorial: UCLA’s self-praise for applicant demographics obscures focus on admissions
This post was updated Feb. 11 at 5:43 p.m. to reflect clarified statistics about racial demographics at UCLA during 2018 and 2020.
They’ll never let you hear the end of it.
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Feb. 1, 2021 1:47 p.m.Editorial: UC Regents should endorse doubling Pell Grant to give students necessary support
The fight for affordable education has long been an uphill battle that students have traditionally waged.
And the recent campaign by the UC Student Association to increase Pell Grants is no exception.
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