Of the past 12 years that UCLA has held JazzReggae on our campus, the large festival has run a deficit 10 times. Skyrocketing operational costs and decreasing ticket sales have meant that JazzReggae relies on unstable sources of funding to stay afloat, including student fees paid out to the Cultural Affairs Commission and double-dipping in […]
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Editorial: UCLA community should stand against Armenian genocide denial
Members of the Turkish Cultural Club tried to deny on Tuesday that the massacre of 1.5 million Armenians near the start of the 20th century was a genocide. Denying the existence of a genocide is a heinous act that degrades the experience of an entire people and is threatening to the prevention of future racism […]
Editorial: UC’s lack of state funding jeopardizes public mission
The University of California is no longer a public institution. Never has that fact been clearer than with the most recent funding battle raging between UC leadership and Gov. Jerry Brown. On Friday, Brown announced a budget proposal of $120 million in funding to the UC – $100 million less than what the UC needs […]
Editorial: Master Plan requires regulatory body for its enforcement
No attempt at reforming the Master Plan for Higher Education in California will matter unless legislators and higher education leaders view it as more than a guideline that they can ignore. It is legislation and it should be followed like any other law, with repercussions for those who fail to adhere to it. It’s little […]
Editorial: College systems should retain distinct roles
When first adopted, the California Master Plan for Higher Education created clear, distinct roles for each of the three systems of public higher education. For the top achievers in California, there was the University of California, a beacon of educational discourse, research and thought that would provide the state with its most accomplished workers. Directly […]
Editorial: Master Plan should mandate state contributions, pension funding
An update to the Master Plan for Higher Education in California must establish realistic expectations for the state’s contribution to higher education and hold the legislature accountable to its responsibility to fund higher education in California. Currently, a majority of the University of California’s budget is made up of student tuition, an absurdity for what […]
Editorial: Master Plan, not students, should adjust for inflation
The Master Plan for Higher Education in California is a long, winding document that aims to establish the economic future of public education. Yet, it fails to responsibly account for one of the most basic economic forces: inflation. Throughout the 230 pages of the Master Plan, inflation is mentioned just twice and in vague terms. […]