Dylan Simmons
November 30, 2024
Editorial: Students and Workers, Stand Against the For-Profit University
By: UCLA Radio Editorial Board
“Students, unite — walk out and join the fight!” echoed across campus grounds as students walked out of class last Thursday. After a year of aggressive escalations by the UC, from its violent crackdowns on student protest to extortionate nonresident tuition hikes, demonstrators moved to reclaim UCLA for its students, faculty and staff. As they chanted in solidarity with the UC’s workers, the walkout sent a clear message: students will not accept a university that operates solely for profit, not for its community.
Reflections After One Year of Genocide
By: UCLA Radio Editorial Board
A year has passed since October 7, 2023, but the news pouring out of Gaza is only becoming darker and more heartbreaking. One year of Israel’s ‘moral war’ on the strip has seen an estimated death toll in the hundreds of thousands, the revival of polio among children, and the relentless destruction of hospitals, homes and schools. But despite Israel’s best efforts to make Gaza inhospitable for human life, the steadfast Palestinian spirit lives on.
Clairo @ The Fonda [09.06.24]
By: Caroline Sanchez & Jeslyn Wang
Like most teenage girls, I began to curate my music taste by deep diving into bedroom pop, indie, and subsequently, Clairo. Claire Cottrill’s “Flaming Hot Cheetos,” “4EVER,” and “Pretty Girl” soundtracked my youth, tying together memories of mustard yellow, mom jeans, old crushes, and the girl I used to be.
Lessons in Resistance from Bangladesh
By: UCLA Radio Editorial Board
It has been a month and a half since protesters proudly waved the flags of Bangladesh and Palestine, side by side, over ex-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s house. For the first time in weeks, student protesters were not met with state violence on the streets. Instead, they stood together, celebrating the end of a repressive government that had been toppled seemingly overnight by the youth of Bangladesh.
A Q&A with BLOND:ISH
By: Ethan Kung
Ahead of her Santa Monica Beach Clean Up & performance in downtown LA this Saturday, September 14th, we caught up with producer/DJ/label owner/philanthropist BLOND:ISH to hear about all that’s going been going on in her world this summer in Ibiza and beyond, Bye Bye Plastic, and more.
