A report suggesting that UCLA admissions officers are violating state law by considering race when evaluating applications has sparked heated and emotional debate on campus.
Author Archives: Editorial Board
_Editorial: UC Regents should meet more often, spend more time reviewing projects_
The University of California Board of Regents needs to improve its process of approving capital projects on its campuses, especially expensive and controversial ones such as the UCLA Luskin Conference and Guest Center.
_Editorial: UC needs outside support for Prop 30_
It’s easy to be skeptical when you hear that the University of California Office of the President is spending $850,000 on a gelato truck that is touring our state.
_Editorial: Athletes’ bill of rights fails to include full spectrum of student-athletes_
While the state’s recently passed “Student Athlete Bill of Rights” establishes some much-needed guidelines for how student-athletes should be treated, the scope of the legislation is not great enough to enact actual change.
_Editorial: Election Board chair should be appointed in timely manner_
The undergraduate student government has failed, once again, to appoint an Election Board chair in a manner consistent with its bylaws.
According to Undergraduate Students Association Council bylaws, an Election Board chair ““ who oversees student government elections ““ must be appointed before the first week of fall quarter.
_Specific fund should be created for Bruin Bash_
Every year, the Bruin Bash concert is meant to welcome new and returning undergraduate students to campus.
_UC finances need to separate from unstable Calif. political processes_
By tying a state institution to the ballot, Brown and the state legislature seem intent to force the electorate, especially younger voters, to pass their initiative.