Submission: State should prioritize students, reinvest in higher education

Editor’s Note: A truncated version of this submission was first published by The Sacramento Bee. It has been edited for Daily Bruin style and reprinted below. The political battle being waged between the state government and our university is warping the University of California. It is corroding its very mission. In times of hardship, speaking […]

Letter to the Editor: Comments on USAC midyear budget report disrespectful

I thank the Daily Bruin for its coverage of the Undergraduate Students Association Council Internal Vice President office’s midyear budget report, previously referred to as the USAC quarterly budget report. However, I also wish to respond to some of the statements made in the article “Councilmembers raise concerns over budget report accuracy,” published April 3. […]

Submission: Context is crucial in USAC resolutions

The Undergraduate Students Association Council is predictable. Every year, the same issues arise in a slightly new form, with the same back-and-forth petty slate politics, the same anxious and politically charged underclassmen that want the taste of council experience and the same strong momentum that withers away as the year comes to a close and […]