Bruins need to combat budget cuts
In “Speak out against fee hikes and budget cuts” (Viewpoint, Jan. 14), the Daily Bruin Editorial Board urged students to lobby to protect their rights and interest. In the face of budget cuts, the board called for students to unite and take on the challenge to make a difference.
The Bruin Lobby Corps, as part of the Undergraduate Students Association Council’s External Vice President’s office, agrees with the editorial board that UCLA students must fight escalating fees to protect the right of education for all qualified students.
So far, the students from the Bruin Lobby Corps have met with Assemblyman Mike Davis and state Sen. Jack Scott regarding the governor’s proposed budget cuts and possible fee increases.
Davis and Scott expressed their support and promised to fight on behalf of UCLA students.
However, the Bruin Lobby Corps needs more than just official support.
It needs more student participation to help in this important cause.
With upcoming lobby conferences in Sacramento and Washington D.C., I urge all students to get involved in lobbying for affordable education.
Gideon Goei
Third-year, political science
Director of media and publicity, Bruin Lobby Corps
Online data backup is more efficient
In her column “You better back that thing up ““ your hard drive, that is of course” (News, Jan. 8), Dharmishta Rood gave some great options for backing up your hard drive.
However, I did find one major omission in the suggestions ““ online backup.
During fall quarter, I attended the Office of Residential Life Information Technology Services annual TechFair.
There I was introduced to a company called ElephantDrive. It offers unlimited storage for $4.95 per month for UCLA students.
This turned out to be a great option for me for backing up my computer.
I was able to get everything uploaded easily and fairly quickly and I was able to set a job to run automatically. This way I don’t ever have to worry about backing up my computer like I would with an external drive.
I am able to access my files from anywhere at anytime, which is great, especially if I forget to e-mail myself something.
I can share large files with my friends that, before, I wouldn’t have been able to share because
e-mail can only send so much data.
With an external drive, it is normally with your computer, so in the event of a catastrophe, your external drive could be destroyed along with your computer, meaning you lose your data as well as your backup.
While I do believe that external drives are a good solution, there are other solutions, such as online backup, that I feel should also be mentioned.
Jessica Brown
Fourth-year, economics/international area studies