UCLA’s mental health care services can be summed up in one word: disappointing. That’s old news to many. UCLA’s Counseling and Psychological Services has an unflattering reputation: ludicrously long appointment wait times, cramped space, dried-up funding and limited personnel. Add in that those in need can only receive up to three therapy sessions per year […]
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Editorial: UCLA is swapping public transportation for unsustainable ride-hailing services
UCLA had a message for public transit this summer: not here you don’t. Public transportation users haven’t had it easy in Westwood. The sparse number of bus stops in the North Village and the limited reach of lines running from Westwood into the city make for an unflattering game of transit hopscotch for commuter Bruins. […]
Editorial: Amid lackluster scholarship fundraising, UCLA needs innovative solutions
$4.28 billion. 190,721 donors. 469,209 received gifts. And still one year before the 100th anniversary. UCLA has many reasons to celebrate its Centennial Campaign. But there’s one group that isn’t dancing all the way to the bank: students. Despite meeting and exceeding its overall fundraising target of $4.2 billion, UCLA’s Centennial Campaign is woefully lacking […]
Editorial: Westwood leaders need to accept NWWNC certification
The battle for Westwood Village is finally over. Someone better tell that to the members of the Westwood Neighborhood Council. The North Westwood Neighborhood Council – a council championed by Westwood Forward, a coalition of students, faculty, administrators, business owners and residents – was certified last week in a Los Angeles Board of Neighborhood Commissioners […]
Editorial: UCLA must ban Greek life houses that perpetuate sexual assault and harassment
Alcohol maketh the abuser. That’s the scapegoat UCLA and its Interfraternity Council have been blaming for years. Here’s a more accurate explanation: A system of oppression keepeth the abusers. Greek life has been near synonymous with sexual assault and sexual harassment for years on end. And the campus community was only reminded of that when […]
Editorial: UC should divest from companies linked with immigration crisis
President Donald Trump’s turbulent administration hit rock bottom following revelations that the federal government was separating families of asylum-seekers at the border. Among the list of offenses: caging children, coercing non-English speakers into signing esoteric forms and traumatizing minors seeking a place in this country. Californians have been crying foul ever since. The most prominent […]
Editorial: Summer stats speak to inadequate and shortsighted California climate policy
Record-breaking temperatures have put a spotlight on the dangerous conditions California’s lackluster regulations fail to combat – and the heat is on for state policymakers. The Mendocino Complex fire and Carr fire are currently raging through Northern California, and the latter has already destroyed or damaged more than 1,000 structures and 100,000 acres of land. […]