Full editorial http://dailybruin.com/2015/11/29/editorial-asucla-should-set-up-pilot-prayer-space-for-more-permanent-solution/
Monday, November 30, 2015
Critics of Academia as God-Forsaken Don't Read the Bruin
Daily Bruin op ed: Some problems are so easy to fix that there’s almost no excuse for their existence. The lack of a nondiscriminatory prayer and meditation space at UCLA
is one of these problems. For years, it seemed as if the prayer space
has been used as a political promise by Undergraduate Students
Association Council candidates of all types – from former Internal Vice
President Avinoam Baral to current General Representative Aaliya Khan. Now, it seems like something may be happening. In April, USAC officers voted unanimously
on a resolution that called on the administration to establish an
on-campus, nondenominational prayer and meditation space. Earlier this
month, Khan presented a proposal
for the space at an Associated Students UCLA services committee
meeting. The discussion about the proposal will continue at the next
ASUCLA’s board of directors meeting on Dec. 4. It’s good that the discussion is moving forward, as the creation of an open prayer and meditation space is long overdue...
Full editorial http://dailybruin.com/2015/11/29/editorial-asucla-should-set-up-pilot-prayer-space-for-more-permanent-solution/
Full editorial http://dailybruin.com/2015/11/29/editorial-asucla-should-set-up-pilot-prayer-space-for-more-permanent-solution/
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