Category Archives: Opinion

Op-Ed: 6 Reflections on SJP’s Divestment Panel

On Nov. 7, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) held a “The Time is NOW: A Moral Case for Divestment” panel that brought out the week’s biggest audience. The event began with a clip by Tim Ngubeni, the founder of the divestment campaign on South Africa at UCLA in the 1970s. It is no secret…

Op-Ed: Affirmative Action Is Not Reverse Racism: Check Your Privilege

On Oct. 25, the UCLA chapter of Young Americans for Liberty held a bake sale on Bruin Walk that was a satirical and critical stance on the policy of affirmative action in admission decisions. The premise of the bake sale was to equate prices for Diddy Riese cookies to the apparent benefit that affirmative action…