In the coming months, the undergraduate student government will have to appoint several more students to positions on various UCLA governing bodies and committees. And if past patterns are any indication of future outcomes, the pool of applicants that Undergraduate Students Association Council President Devin Murphy will have to choose from will be underwhelming, to […]
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Editorial: Proposition 209 should be repealed
Last fall, there were 1,082 black undergraduate students at UCLA out of a total of 28,674 students. That’s less than 4 percent, and it’s not likely that this year’s numbers will be much diffe
Editorial: USAC campaigns should be held to state, national standards
The Undergraduate Students Association Council will hold a special election this fall to fill two seats at the council table: the General Representative 2 position after Nihal Satyadev’s resignation over summer, and the new transfer representative position. With an early election sure to set the tone for USAC’s work the rest of the year, the […]
Editorial: UC should divest from fossil fuels, commit to sustainability
Divestment at the University of California has a greater meaning than whatever practical effects can be achieved by its implementation. Fundamentally, it’s about furthering a moral goal that is more important in the long term than immediate donations or investment returns. Yet despite student protests, the UC Board of Regents is expected Wednesday to vote […]
Editorial: UCPD must recognize racial-profiling issue
Claudius E. Gaines III, a black UCLA facilities employee, is alleging he was a victim of racial profiling during an arrest made by university police officers on Aug. 27. The facts are currently in dispute. Yet in spite of this, it would be foolish to brush off the magnitude of the allegations being made. Incidents […]
Editorial: Minimum wage hike for Los Angeles is necessary, feasible
This is a fact: you cannot meet necessary living expenses on $9 per hour, the current minimum wage in Los Angeles. This past Labor Day, the holiday that pays tribute to the labor movement that achieved social and economic improvements for workers and their families, Mayor Eric Garcetti announced a plan to raise the city’s […]
Editorial: ‘Yes means yes’ bill protects sexual assault survivors on campuses
This post was updated on September 4 at 12:56 a.m. Last week, the state Senate unanimously passed a bill that, if signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown, will change the way some colleges and universities have to define consent. This board strongly supports the bill for its specific definition of sexual consent, the first […]