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May 4, 2025 10:47 p.m.
Candidates running for the Undergraduate Students Associated Council who have been endorsed by the Daily Bruin Editorial Board are pictured. (Courtesy of USAC candidates)
Amid profound political change, growing threats and uncertainty in higher education, UCLA students will elect the next 15 officers of the Undergraduate Students Association Council. This year, Bruins will choose who to vote for in a field featuring several dozen candidates and three referendums.
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April 27, 2025 1:10 p.m.This post was updated April 27 at 7:35 p.m.
Editor’s note: This article contains mentions of sexual abuse against a minor.
There are some things more important than ranking, talent and winning.
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March 21, 2025 8:03 p.m.Editorial: Trump’s moves to silence journalists creates a harmful, biased narrative
This post was updated March 30 at 9:57 p.m.
Last month, the Trump administration announced it would choose which news outlets had access to the White House press pool – a move that upended over a century of precedent and marked yet another push for executive control by President Donald Trump.
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March 9, 2025 7:30 p.m.Editorial: When it comes to violence, UCLA admin must not maintain double standards
Police shot students in the head with rubber bullets. Administrators allowed counter-protesters to beat students with poles and spray them with bear mace for hours before intervening.
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Feb. 11, 2025 8:25 p.m.Editorial: UCLA must listen to, support undocumented students amid renewed threats
More news reports roll in every day about the intense state-sanctioned persecution and criminalization that people without legal status face in the United States.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is planning a sweep targeting undocumented people in Los Angeles in the next month, according to a leaked agency document reviewed by the LA Times.
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Jan. 12, 2025 2:10 p.m.Editorial: UCLA’s hesitancy toward remote classes amid LA fires fails to prioritize community
This post was updated Jan. 12 at 11 p.m.
Fires raging across Los Angeles County have revealed UCLA’s lack of readiness and misaligned priorities, leaving students in the dark and forced to find help outside Westwood during the crisis at hand.
On Tuesday, Jan.
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Nov. 21, 2024 8:07 p.m.Editorial: Trump will strip Americans of public education resources. We must fight back.
This post was updated Nov. 24 at 7:34 p.m.
America has reelected Donald Trump as the president of the United States, welcoming its slide toward fascism with open arms.
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Nov. 2, 2024 10:25 p.m.Editorial: With democracy and independent journalism at risk, we endorse Harris for president
We stand on the precipice.
In under 72 hours, Nov. 5 will mark the climax of perhaps the most intense and historic presidential campaign season in recent memory.
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